Kinesis On-demand Advantage saves 60%+ on streaming costs

On November 4, 2025, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams introduced On-demand Advantage mode, a capability that enables on-demand streams to handle instant throughput increases at scale and cost optimization for consistent streaming workloads. Historically, you had to choose between provisioned mode, which required managing stream capacity, and on-demand mode, which automatically scaled capacity, but this new offering removes the need to think about stream type at all. In this post, we show three real-world scenarios comparing different usage patterns and demonstrate how On-demand Advantage mode can…