Amazon CloudWatch
AWS monitoring and observability service for metrics, logs, alarms, and dashboards
Amazon CloudWatch doesn't publish a pricing.md file yet.
This pricing data is community-maintained and last verified 2026-10-11.
Pricing Tiers
| Tier | Price | Includes | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pay-as-you-go
usage based
|
Free
|
log-ingestion: 5 GB
log-archive-storage: 5 GB
log-insights-scanned: 5 GB
Free API Requests: 1,000,000
Free Alarm Metrics: 10
|
custom-metrics: $0.3 per metrics
log-ingestion: $0.5 per GB
log-archive-storage: $0.03 per GB
log-insights-scanned: $0.005 per GB
data-protection-scanning: $0.12 per GB
|
Portability
Switching Cost
significant
Open Standard
Proprietary
What You Lose
Dashboards, alarm config, log insights queries, metric streams — deeply tied to AWS
Transparency Score
B
60/100
Pricing Transparency Score
Score breakdown
✕
Publishes pricing.md
0/30
✓
Free tier available
10/10
✓
All prices public
15/15
✓
Usage pricing documented
15/15
✓
Portability documented
10/10
✕
Open standard
0/10
✓
Recently verified
10/10