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Stop Paying Extra: How We Helped an Ad-Tech Company Cut AWS RDS Costs by Upgrading from MySQL 5.7

Introduction If you're still running MySQL 5.7 on Amazon RDS, it's time to act. AWS started charging for Extended Support in March 2024. By mid-2025, that charge is no longer theoretical, and paying for it is kind of unacceptable. You're likely already paying for it, and the cost will double by the end of this year. [caption...

by Karandeep Singh
Tag: awsrdsupgrade
26-Aug-2025