Amazon CloudWatch Logs pricing
5 plans read from aws.amazon.com
Logs data ingestion$0.50 a month Published rate for the first 10 TB per month in US East (N. Virginia); rates vary by Region and tier.Pay-as-you-go ingestion pricing Read 24 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Logs archive storage$0.03 a month Published rate; rates vary by Region.Pay-as-you-go archived log storage Read 24 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Pay-as-you-goPrice not published Usage billed at the end of each month; rates vary by RegionNo upfront commitment or minimum fee · charges depend on usage Read 28 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Free tierFree 5 GB of logs for ingestion, archive storage, and Logs Insights scans · 1,800 Live Tail minutes/monthIncludes stated monthly allowances for CloudWatch features. Read 28 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Paid usagePrice not published charged at the end of the monthNo upfront commitment or minimum fee; pricing varies by Region. Read 27 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
In short
- Amazon CloudWatch Logs has a free plan (Pay-as-you-go).
- Paid plans published: 2, from $0.03 a month.
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud Logging | $0.01/mo | Yes | Yes |
| Grafana Cloud Application Observability | $0.03/mo | Yes | No |
| Grafana Loki | $19/mo | Yes | No |
| Better Stack | $29/mo | Yes | No |
| syslog-ng | — | Yes | Yes |
| Logz.io Log Management | $0.92/mo | No | Yes |
| Mezmo | — | No | Yes |
| Azure Monitor | — | No | Yes |