Amazon CloudWatch vs Helicone

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

Helicone

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USD · US · source: www.helicone.ai

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Hobby — Free	Free Free	Flat	Standalone · Free
Pro — Popular Highlighted	USD 79 monthly · USD 79 / month with annual commitment $79 per month	Flat · $79 per month	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

Helicone

Hobby — Free

Monitoring Requests: 10,000/mo

Included
Data Retention Storage: 1 GB

Included
Workspace & collaboration Seats: 1 seat, 1 organization

Included

Pro — Popular

Workspace & collaboration Seats: Unlimited

Included
Monitoring Alerts & reports: Included
Monitoring HQL (Query Language): Included
Data Retention Storage: 1 GB free + usage-based

Included
Data Retention Data retention: 1 month

Included
Data Retention Ingestion: 1,000 logs/min

Included
Data Retention API access: 60 calls/min

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

Helicone

August 27, 2026 Source
- Hobby — Free: Free
- Pro — Popular: USD 79 monthly · USD 79 / month with annual commitment