Over-provisioned DynamoDB capacity

A DynamoDB table on provisioned billing whose consumed capacity is a small fraction of what is provisioned.

Last updated July 3, 2026

What triggers this finding

A DynamoDB table on provisioned billing with monthly cost of at least $5, where consumed read or write capacity is below 15% of what is provisioned (including global secondary indexes).

Typical fix

Rightsize provisioned RCU/WCU to roughly 2× observed peak usage, or switch to on-demand billing when utilization is very low and monthly provisioned cost is under ~$50.

Example savings

Depends on over-provisioning — often $10–$100+/month on tables with unused headroom.

See also: Severity and savings estimates for how Parsivex calculates figures on your report.

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