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Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon CloudWatch handles monitoring for AWS resources and applications by collecting metrics and logs. It tracks performance data across your infrastructure, providing visibility into system health and operational status. The service scans data samples to generate insights, helping you understand how your workloads behave in real time without needing to build custom monitoring tools from scratch.
This fits teams already operating within the AWS ecosystem who need integrated observability. While an always-free tier exists, costs kick in quickly for high-volume data processing. The pricing model charges from $0.0100 per 1M samples scanned, meaning extensive log analysis or high-frequency metric collection can incur noticeable fees despite the initial free allowance.
- Free tier Yes
- Starting price from $0.0100 per 1M Samples Scanneds
- Regions 15 · 6 continents
- SLA uptime 99.99%
- Compliance 13 certifications
- Provider health A
Decision score
61
/100
Computed from catalog breadth, pricing, provider reliability (uptime & SLA), community signal, and ecosystem (compliance & regions). Weighted equally.
Trust & reach via AWS
Compliance
- C5
- CSA STAR
- FedRAMP
- GDPR
- HIPAA
- ISO 27001
- ISO 27017
- ISO 27018
- ISO 9001
- PCI DSS
- SOC 1 Type II
- SOC 2 Type II
SLA uptime
- compute99.99%
- database99.99%
- networking99.99%
- storage99.99%
Global reach
15 regions across 6 continents
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
Pricing tiers 74
| 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 |
| CW:Requests | $10.00 | per 1M requests | 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 |
| USE1-CW:RUM-events | $10.00 | per 1M Events | 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 |
Show all 74 pricing rows (59 more)
| 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-Omni-DataScanned-Bytes | $0.005 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-TimedStorage-AIA-ByteHrs | $0.006 | per GB/month | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:NFM-FullyPaidResourceHours | $0.0069 | per hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:NFM-ResourceHours | $0.0069 | per hour | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:InternetMonitor-MonitoredResource | $0.0100 | Internet Monitor - Monitored Resource | us-east-1 |
| USE1-Logs-LiveTail | $0.0100 | minutes | 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-S3-Egress-InputBytes | $0.0300 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| TimedStorage-ByteHrs | $0.0300 | per GB/month | us-east-1 |
| USE1-TimedStorage-ByteHrs | $0.0300 | per GB/month | us-east-1 |
| USE1-VendedLogIA-Bytes-CFLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-FH-Egress-Bytes-WAFLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-FH-Egress-Bytes | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-S3-Egress-Bytes | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-FH-Egress-Bytes-MTLogs | $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-CentralizedBytes | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-VendedLog-Bytes-WAFLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-VendedLogIA-Bytes-MTLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| CentralizedBytes | $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-FH-Egress-Bytes-CFLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-VendedLog-Bytes-MTLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-VendedLog-Bytes-CFLogs | $0.0500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-VendedLogIA-Bytes-WAFLogs | $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 |
| CW:PromQLAlarmMonitorUsage | $0.1000 | Alarms | us-east-1 |
| CW:MetricInsightAlarmUsage | $0.1000 | Alarms | us-east-1 |
| CW:AlarmMonitorUsage | $0.1000 | Alarms | us-east-1 |
| CW:LogAlarmMonitorUsage | $0.1000 | Alarms | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CWNMHybrid-Paid | $0.1000 | per hour | 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 |
| USE1-DataProcessingOtelIA-Bytes | $0.2500 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DataProcessingOtelEss-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 |
| CW:OTEL:Bytes:AWS | $0.5000 | Giga Bytes | us-east-1 |
| CW:OTEL:Bytes | $0.5000 | Giga Bytes | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DataProcessingOtel-Bytes | $0.5000 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| CW:CompositeAlarmMonitorUsage | $0.5000 | Alarms | us-east-1 |
| USE1-DataProcessing-Bytes | $0.5000 | per GB | us-east-1 |
| USE1-CW:ContributorInsightRules | $0.5000 | rule | us-east-1 |
| 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.
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