Amazon GuardDuty pricing
6 plans read from aws.amazon.com
30-day free trialFree 30 days per AWS account and Region for most protection plansMalware Protection for S3 has a separate free tier · on-demand EC2 scans and AWS Backup malware scans excluded Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.aws.amazon.com
Amazon GuardDutyFree Pay as you go; charges depend on the volume of logs, events, workloads, or data analyzed, and vary by data source and AWS Region.30-day free trial in supported Regions for new accounts; protection plans can have separate trials; Malware Protection for Amazon S3 has a free tier without a trial period Read 2 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Malware Protection for EBS$0.03 a month per GB scannedadditional EBS snapshot charges may apply Read 14 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Malware Protection for S3$0.09 a month per GB scanned plus $0.215 per 1,000 objects evaluatedUS East example · regional pricing varies Read 14 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Foundational threat detection — VPC Flow Logs and DNS query logs$1 a month per GB; $1.00 first 500 GB, $0.50 next 2,000 GB, $0.25 thereaftervolume discounts · regional pricing varies Read 14 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Foundational threat detection — CloudTrail management events$4 a month per 1 million events, proratedUS East example · regional pricing varies Read 14 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
In short
- Amazon GuardDuty has a free plan (30-day free trial).
- A free trial is offered.
- Paid plans published: 4, from $0.03 a month.
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Defender for Business | $0.25/mo | No | Yes |
| Oligo Security | — | Yes | No |
| Sysdig Secure | $20/mo | No | No |
| ARMO Platform | — | No | Yes |
| SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security | — | No | No |
| Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines | — | No | Yes |
| Darktrace / EMAIL | — | No | No |
| Google Cloud Secret Manager | $0.01/mo | Yes | No |