Amazon CloudWatch vs Axiom

See how their public offers line up before you choose your own position. Prices stay in the currency, billing schedule, and charged unit each vendor publishes.

Amazon CloudWatch

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USD · US · source: aws.amazon.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Free Tier	Free Free tier	Usage · monthly free allowances	Standalone · Free
Pay as you go	USD 0.3 monthly $0.30 per custom metric/month at the first paid tier in US East	Usage · per custom metric per month	Standalone · Usage based

Axiom

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USD · US · source: axiom.co

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Axiom Cloud	USD 25 monthly $25 / month Platform fee + usage. No minimum commitment.	Usage · / month Platform fee + usage	Standalone · Usage based
Personal	Free $0 / month Permanent. No credit card required.	Flat · / month	Standalone · Free

What each plan includes

Feature names follow each vendor’s own pricing page, so verify the wording before treating them as exact equivalents.

Amazon CloudWatch

Free Tier

Plan card Logs: 5 GB

Included
Plan card Custom metrics: 10

Included
Plan card Custom dashboards: 3

Included

Pay as you go

Plan card Live Tail overage: $0.01/minute

Included
Plan card OpenTelemetry metrics ingest: $0.50/GB

Included
Plan card Volume-tiered usage pricing: Included

Axiom

Axiom Cloud

ALWAYS FREE ALLOWANCE Data loading: 1 TB / mo (included in platform fee)

Included
ALWAYS FREE ALLOWANCE Query compute: 100 GB-hours / mo

Included
ALWAYS FREE ALLOWANCE Storage: 100 GB

Included
PRICING Volume discounts: Automatic, in-console, sub-linear

Included
PRICING Pre-purchase credits: Available (up to 40% off)

Included
RETENTION Retention window: Configurable

Included
COST CONTROLS Spend alerts and hard caps: Yes, in-console

Included
GOVERNANCE & ENTERPRISE (SELF-SERVE ADD-ONS) SSO (SAML): $100 / mo

Limited
GOVERNANCE & ENTERPRISE (SELF-SERVE ADD-ONS) Directory Sync (SCIM): $100 / mo

Limited
GOVERNANCE & ENTERPRISE (SELF-SERVE ADD-ONS) Role-Based Access Control: $50 / mo

Limited
GOVERNANCE & ENTERPRISE (SELF-SERVE ADD-ONS) Audit Log: $50 / mo

Limited
SUPPORT Support tier: Email included. SLA / dedicated as add-ons

Included
COMPLIANCE HIPAA BAA: Self-serve add-on

Limited
DEPLOYMENT Edge regions: Available

Included

Personal

ALWAYS FREE ALLOWANCE Data loading: 500 GB / mo

Included
ALWAYS FREE ALLOWANCE Query compute: 10 GB-hours / mo

Included
ALWAYS FREE ALLOWANCE Storage: 25 GB

Included
PRICING Volume discounts: n/a

Excluded
PRICING Pre-purchase credits: n/a

Excluded
RETENTION Retention window: 30 days

Included
COST CONTROLS Spend alerts and hard caps: n/a (no spend)

Excluded
GOVERNANCE & ENTERPRISE (SELF-SERVE ADD-ONS) SSO (SAML): Excluded
GOVERNANCE & ENTERPRISE (SELF-SERVE ADD-ONS) Directory Sync (SCIM): Excluded
GOVERNANCE & ENTERPRISE (SELF-SERVE ADD-ONS) Role-Based Access Control: Excluded
GOVERNANCE & ENTERPRISE (SELF-SERVE ADD-ONS) Audit Log: Excluded
SUPPORT Support tier: Community

Included
COMPLIANCE HIPAA BAA: Excluded
DEPLOYMENT Edge regions: Excluded

How their prices changed

Each date shows when a public price was observed, not when it took effect. An archived region or currency can differ, so a currency change is not necessarily a price increase.

Amazon CloudWatch

August 27, 2026
Official pricing page
- Free Tier: Free
- Pay as you go: USD 0.3 monthly

Axiom

September 21, 2026
Official pricing page
- Axiom Cloud: USD 25 monthly
- Personal: Free
August 27, 2026
Official pricing page
- Personal — default: Free
- Axiom Cloud — default: USD 25 monthly · USD 25 / month with annual commitment