AWS Lake Formation pricing
4 plans read from aws.amazon.com
PermissionsFree Creating permissions and using them through integrated services are provided at no charge · Standard usage rates for integrated services such as Amazon S3 or AWS Glue Data Catalog apply Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Governed TablesPriced on request Charged for metadata measured by files tracked, API calls that retrieve or manipulate metadata, and bytes processed by the storage optimizer; page does not list rates Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Storage APIPriced on request Charged by bytes scanned, rounded to the next megabyte, with a 10 MB minimum; page does not list a rateCan be used only when no other AWS Analytics service processes the data Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Storage optimizerPriced on request Charged by bytes processed, rounded to the next megabyte; page does not list a rateOptimizes Governed Tables by compacting small files into larger ones Read 29 Sep 2026 · aws.amazon.com
In short
- AWS Lake Formation has a free plan (Permissions).
- 3 plans are priced on request (Governed Tables, Storage API, Storage optimizer).
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Hadoop HDFS | — | Yes | No |
| HPCC Systems | — | Yes | No |
| Tencent Cloud Application Performance Management | — | No | Yes |
| Apache Ozone | — | Yes | No |
| Parseable | $0.39/mo | Yes | Yes |
| HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric | — | No | Yes |
| Azure Table Storage | — | No | Yes |
| lakeFS | — | No | Yes |