Amazon CloudWatch
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 infrastructure components. This tool provides visibility into operational metrics, helping teams understand how their systems are behaving in real time. It serves as a central hub for observing the state of cloud environments without requiring complex setup procedures.
Choose this service when you need basic monitoring capabilities with minimal initial cost. The free tier is always available, making it accessible for small-scale projects. However, be aware of the pricing gotcha: costs start from $0.0100 per 1M Samples Scanned once you exceed the free allowance. This structure means heavy monitoring workloads can quickly accumulate charges if you do not manage sample volumes carefully.
Pricing Tiers 70
| Tier / Plan | Price | Unit | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| CW:PromQL:SamplesScanned | $0.0100 | per 1M Samples Scanneds | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:ContributorInsightEvents | $0.0200 | per 1M Events | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:ContributorEventsManaged | $0.0300 | per 1M Events | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:ObservationUsage | $0.1000 | per 1M Observations | us-east-1 |
| USE1-Application-Signals | $0.3000 | per 1M Signals | us-east-1 |
| USE1-XRay-Spans-Indexed | $0.7500 | per 1M spans indexeds | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:MetricStreamUsage | $3.00 | per 1M Metric Updates | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:Evidently-event | $5.00 | per 1M Events | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:Evidently-eau | $7.50 | per 1M Units | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:RUM-events | $10.00 | per 1M Events | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:DatabaseInsights-API | $10.00 | per 1M API Calls | us-east-1 |
| CW:GIRR-Metrics | $10.00 | per 1M Metrics | us-east-1 |
| CW:Requests | $10.00 | per 1M requests | us-east-1 |
| CW:GMD-Metrics | $10.00 | per 1M Metrics | us-east-1 |
| CW:GMWI-Metrics | $20.00 | per 1M Metrics | us-east-1 |
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| Tier / Plan | Price | Unit | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| USE1-CW:DatabaseInsights-Standard-AMR-ACU-Hours | $21.00 | per 1M ACU-Hours | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:InternetMonitor-CityNetwork | $74.00 | per 1M Internet Monitor - City-Networks | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:DatabaseInsights-Standard-AMR-vCPU-Hours | $86.00 | per 1M vCPU/hours | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:DatabaseInsights-Standard-FMR-ACU-Hours | $0.000513 | ACU-Hours | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:Canary-runs | $0.0012 | Runs | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:DatabaseInsights-Standard-FMR-vCPU-Hours | $0.00205 | per vCPU/hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:DatabaseInsights-ACU-Hours | $0.00313 | ACU-Hours | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DataScanned-Bytes | $0.005 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-TimedStorage-AIA-ByteHrs | $0.006 | per GB/month | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:NFM-ResourceHours | $0.0069 | per hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:NFM-FullyPaidResourceHours | $0.0069 | per hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-Logs-LiveTail | $0.0100 | minutes | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:InternetMonitor-MonitoredResource | $0.0100 | Internet Monitor - Monitored Resource | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:DatabaseInsights-vCPU-Hours | $0.0125 | per vCPU/hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-TimedStorage-IA-ByteHrs | $0.0180 | per GB/month | us-east-1 |
| CW:MetricMonitorUsage | $0.0200 | Metrics | us-east-1 |
| USE1-TimedStorage-ByteHrs | $0.0300 | per GB/month | us-east-1 |
| TimedStorage-ByteHrs | $0.0300 | per GB/month | us-east-1 |
| USE1-S3-Egress-InputBytes | $0.0300 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| CentralizedBytes | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-S3-Egress-Bytes-WAFLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-VendedLog-Bytes | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-VendedLog-Bytes-CFLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-VendedLogIA-Bytes-CFLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-VendedLogIA-Bytes-MTLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-VendedLog-Bytes-WAFLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CentralizedBytes | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-FH-Egress-Bytes-MTLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-VendedLog-Bytes-MTLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-S3-Egress-Bytes | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-VendedLogIA-Bytes-WAFLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-FH-Egress-Bytes | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-FH-Egress-Bytes-WAFLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-FH-Egress-Bytes-CFLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-VendedLogIA-Bytes | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-S3-Egress-Bytes-MTLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:MetricsUsage | $0.0700 | Metrics | us-east-1 |
| CW:OTEL:Bytes:EKS-CI | $0.0800 | Giga Bytes | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CWNMHybrid-Paid | $0.1000 | per hour | us-east-1 |
| CW:PromQLAlarmMonitorUsage | $0.1000 | Alarms | us-east-1 |
| CW:AlarmMonitorUsage | $0.1000 | Alarms | us-east-1 |
| CW:LogAlarmMonitorUsage | $0.1000 | Alarms | us-east-1 |
| CW:MetricInsightAlarmUsage | $0.1000 | Alarms | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DataProtection-Bytes | $0.1200 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-Application-Signals-Bytes | $0.1500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DataProcessingIA-Bytes | $0.2500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| CW:HighResAlarmMonitorUsage | $0.3000 | Alarms | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:RUM-OTEL-bytes | $0.3500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:ContributorInsightRules | $0.5000 | rule | us-east-1 |
| DataProcessing-Bytes | $0.5000 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| CW:CompositeAlarmMonitorUsage | $0.5000 | Alarms | us-east-1 |
| CW:OTEL:Bytes | $0.5000 | Giga Bytes | us-east-1 |
| CW:OTEL:Bytes:AWS | $0.5000 | Giga Bytes | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DataProcessing-Bytes | $0.5000 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:ContributorRulesManaged | $9.00 | Rule-Hour | us-east-1 |
Prices in USD. Micro-prices are quoted per 1M units; "< $0.000001" marks rates below our stored precision. Subject to change — check the provider's official page for current rates.
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