Tech riderRev. 1 Oct 2026
- 1Runs onAPI, Web
- 2Costsfree trial
- 3Data source typesAmazon S3 general purpose buckets and S3 objects; supported document, text, big-data, compression, archive, and email formats
- 4Structured data discoveryYes
- 5Unstructured data discoveryYes
- 6Custom classificationsYes
- 7Classification automationhybrid
- 8Deploymentcloud
8 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: aws.amazon.com
Overview
Amazon Macie is ranked #11 of 25 in data discovery and classification software on Specifiction. It runs on API, Web. There is no free plan. A free trial is offered.
Amazon Macie plans and pricing
All plans30-day free trial Free 30 days Up to 150 GB inspected per account · bucket inventory and monitoring included · sensitive data discovery jobs excluded aws.amazon.com · 1 Oct 2026
Usage-based pricing Not published prorated daily $0.10 per S3 bucket/month · $0.01 per 100K objects · $1 per GB automated discovery (1 GB free tier) · $1 per GB targeted discovery aws.amazon.com · 1 Oct 2026
Compared on data discovery and classification software
- Free plan
- Noaws.amazon.com
- Paid from
- $0.10/moaws.amazon.com
- Data source types
- Amazon S3 general purpose buckets and S3 objects; supported document, text, big-data, compression, archive, and email formatsaws.amazon.com
- Structured data discovery
- Yesaws.amazon.com
- Unstructured data discovery
- Yesaws.amazon.com
- Custom classifications
- Yesaws.amazon.com
- Classification automation
- hybridaws.amazon.com
- Deployment
- cloudaws.amazon.com
- API access
- Yesaws.amazon.com
Facts
- Purpose
- Amazon Macie discovers sensitive data using machine learning and pattern matching, provides visibility into data security risks, and enables automated protection.aws.amazon.com · 1 Oct 2026
- S3 monitoring
- Macie continually evaluates Amazon S3 buckets for security and access controls and generates findings for issues such as publicly accessible buckets.docs.aws.amazon.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Discovery jobs
- Macie supports automated sensitive data discovery and targeted jobs that can run once or on a recurring basis.docs.aws.amazon.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Data identifiers
- Macie provides managed sensitive data types and lets customers create custom data identifiers using regular expressions.aws.amazon.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Findings retention
- Macie findings are retained for 30 days, while full sensitive data discovery details are written to a customer-owned S3 bucket for long-term retention.aws.amazon.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Macie publishes findings to Amazon EventBridge and can publish them to AWS Security Hub CSPM for monitoring and remediation workflows.docs.aws.amazon.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Multi-account
- A single Macie administrator account can manage member accounts through AWS Organizations integration, with findings aggregated in the administrator account.aws.amazon.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Programmatic access
- Macie provides a browser-based AWS Management Console, AWS command line tools, AWS SDKs, and a REST API.docs.aws.amazon.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- Macie encrypts data at rest using AWS Key Management Service managed keys and encrypts data in transit between AWS services.docs.aws.amazon.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Compliance use
- AWS states that targeted sensitive data discovery jobs can help meet regulations such as HIPAA and GDPR.aws.amazon.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Service quotas
- Default quotas include 10,000 monitored S3 buckets per account, 5 TB monthly analysis by discovery jobs, and 10,000 custom data identifiers per account.docs.aws.amazon.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Availability SLA
- AWS commits to a 99.9% monthly uptime percentage for Macie in each AWS Region, subject to SLA exclusions.aws.amazon.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Commitments
- There are no contracts or minimum commitments for using Amazon Macie.docs.aws.amazon.com · 1 Oct 2026
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Sources
- aws.amazon.com/macie/· checked 1 Oct 2026
- docs.aws.amazon.com/macie/latest/user/what-is-macie.html· checked 1 Oct 2026
- aws.amazon.com/macie/features/· checked 1 Oct 2026
- docs.aws.amazon.com/macie/latest/user/data-protection.html· checked 1 Oct 2026
- docs.aws.amazon.com/macie/latest/user/macie-quotas.html· checked 1 Oct 2026
- aws.amazon.com/macie/sla/· checked 1 Oct 2026
- aws.amazon.com/macie/pricing/· checked 1 Oct 2026