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
Personal — default	Free $0 / month Permanent.	Flat · per month	Standalone · Free
Axiom Cloud — default Highlighted	USD 25 monthly · USD 25 / month with annual commitment $25 / month Platform fee + usage.	Flat · per month platform fee + usage	Standalone · Fixed

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

Personal — default

Highlights Data loading: 500 GB/mo

Included
Highlights Query compute: 10 GB-hours

Included
Highlights Storage: 25 GB

Included
Highlights Retention window: 30-day retention

Included
Highlights Full APL access: Included
Highlights All integrations: Included
Highlights Support: Community support

Included

Axiom Cloud — default

Highlights Data loading: 1 TB / mo (included in platform fee)

Included
Highlights Query compute: 100 GB-hours / mo

Included
Highlights Storage: 100 GB

Included
Highlights Retention window: Configurable retention

Included
Highlights Full APL access: Included
Highlights All integrations: Included
Highlights Support: Email included. SLA / dedicated as add-ons

Included
Highlights Automatic volume discounts: Included
Highlights Self-serve enterprise add-ons: Included
Highlights Compute credit pre-purchase: Included

How their prices changed

Each dated row shows the public prices observed when that vendor’s pricing page changed.

Amazon CloudWatch

August 27, 2026 Source
- Free Tier: Free
- Pay as you go: USD 0.3 monthly

Axiom

August 27, 2026 Source
- Personal — default: Free
- Axiom Cloud — default: USD 25 monthly · USD 25 / month with annual commitment