Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka pricing
5 plans read from aws.amazon.com
MSK Connect$0.11 a month Hourly connector usage, billed at one-second resolution; example rate is $0.11 per hour per MCU.Each MCU provides 1 vCPU and 4 GB memory; total cost depends on worker count and size Read 3 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
MSK Provisioned — Standard brokers$0.20 a month Hourly broker usage, billed at one-second resolution; example rate is $0.204 per hour for a kafka.m7g.large in US East (N. Virginia).Storage, optional provisioned storage throughput, data transfer, and private connectivity are charged separately Read 3 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
MSK Replicator$0.30 a month Example Replicator rate is $0.30 per hour; data processed and, for cross-Region replication, data transfer are charged separately.Cross-Region and same-Region replication supported; other charges may apply, including private connectivity Read 3 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
MSK Provisioned — Express brokers$0.41 a month Hourly broker usage, billed at one-second resolution; example rate is $0.408 per hour for an express.m7g.large in US East (N. Virginia).Also charged for data ingested and storage; data transfer and private connectivity may incur separate charges Read 3 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
MSK Serverless$0.75 a month Example US East rate is $0.75/cluster-hr; additional example rates are $ 0.0015/partition-hr, $0.10/GB-in, $0.05/GB-out, and $0.10/GB-month for storage.Usage charges vary by cluster-hours, partition-hours, data written and read, and storage; data transfer may be additional Read 3 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
In short
- Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka lists no free plan.
- Paid plans published: 5, from $0.11 a month.
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aiven for Apache Kafka | $35/mo | Yes | Yes |
| Apache RocketMQ | — | Yes | No |
| AutoMQ | $300/mo | No | Yes |
| Confluent Cloud | $385/mo | Yes | Yes |
| Redpanda | — | Yes | Yes |
| Solace PubSub+ Event Broker | — | Yes | Yes |
| Apache Pulsar | — | Yes | No |
| Keen Product Analytics | $149/mo | No | No |