What is Amazon CloudWatch?
Amazon CloudWatch provides monitoring and observability capabilities for teams operating applications and infrastructure on AWS.
Who is Amazon CloudWatch for?
Teams responsible for application and infrastructure operations that need operational monitoring and want to evaluate the complete delivery, access and cost requirements.
Amazon CloudWatch features
The core capabilities to consider for your workflow.
- Operational monitoring
- Observability data
- Application and infrastructure visibility
Amazon CloudWatch pricing
Cloud usage and access options
Scope the selected service, region, resource capacity and expected usage. Include connected compute, storage, data transfer and support rather than treating a trial credit as the ongoing cost.
Calculate the cost of your quote →Free access & evaluation
Credits and free allowances can have eligibility, duration and usage limits. Check the current account offer and do not assume the full production workload is free.
Before you choose Amazon CloudWatch
Define the services, agents, permissions, alerts and incident ownership required by the monitoring brief.
Estimate ingestion, retention and query volumes and review what application data is collected.
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Amazon CloudWatch FAQs
Does Amazon CloudWatch have a free plan?
Credits and free allowances can have eligibility, duration and usage limits. Check the current account offer and do not assume the full production workload is free.
Who is Amazon CloudWatch for?
Teams responsible for application and infrastructure operations that need operational monitoring and want to evaluate the complete delivery, access and cost requirements.
What should I compare before buying?
Check the tier that contains your essential features, confirm plan limits and compare the total quote with your own expected usage.