Amazon CloudWatch vs Azure Monitor

Head-to-head comparison · Management

At a glance

Only Amazon CloudWatch offers a free tier.

Amazon CloudWatch is an AWS management service designed to monitor resources and applications. It allows DevOps engineers to track system performance and application health by collecting data points from various infrastr…

CATEGORY Management

PRICING Pay-as-you-go

FREE TIER Available

TIER free

Always free tier available

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Azure Monitor provides unified observability and real-time insights for hybrid and multicloud environments. It helps teams monitor systems, optimize performance, and scale operations with confidence. This management serv…

CATEGORY Management

PRICING Pay-as-you-go

FREE TIER None

TIER pay-as-you-go

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Pricing Tiers

AMAZON CLOUDWATCH

On-Demand $7.50/1M Units

On-Demand $10.00/1M Events

On-Demand $0.0125/vCPU/hour

On-Demand $0.0069/hour

On-Demand $0.1000/1M Observations

On-Demand $0.0300/1M Events

On-Demand $0.0500/GB

AZURE MONITOR

On-Demand $0.0042

On-Demand $0.0860

On-Demand $0.0311

On-Demand $0.0160

On-Demand $0.0840

On-Demand $0.1100/10M

On-Demand $0.1360

On-Demand $0.0998