billingMode

Controls how you are charged for read and write throughput and how you manage capacity. When switching from pay-per-request to provisioned capacity, initial provisioned capacity values must be set. The initial provisioned capacity values are estimated based on the consumed read and write capacity of your table and global secondary indexes over the past 30 minutes.

• PAY_PER_REQUEST - We recommend using PAY_PER_REQUEST for most DynamoDB workloads. PAY_PER_REQUEST sets the billing mode to On-demand capacity mode.

• PROVISIONED - We recommend using PROVISIONED for steady workloads with predictable growth where capacity requirements can be reliably forecasted. PROVISIONED sets the billing mode to Provisioned capacity mode.