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Hemal

Should point out that elasticsearch doesn't really fit well with the whole 'serverless' part of Amplify.

I started a little side project a couple of months back to try and see if Amplify could be a potential tool for more serious projects - added an '@searchable' directive early last month and suddenly my usual aws bill of $1.50 is over $40 (the db has zero data on it 😆).

My fault of course, should have read things more clearly, but I think it's easy to miss the fact that elastic-search is charged per hour, every hour, regardless of whether it is being used and whether the rest of your application is 'serverless'.

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gustavosooeiro

@Hemal I had the same disappointment. I've spent more than $100 with elasticsearch. Do you know if it is possible to create an elasticsearch with no cost? As if it was included in the Free Tier package?

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Hemal

Not that I found no :(