Amazon CloudWatch vs Honeycomb

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

Honeycomb

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USD · US · source: www.honeycomb.io

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Free — Free	Free Free Event Volume: Up to 20M per month Metrics Data Points: Up to 100M per month	Flat	Standalone · Free
Pro — Pro Highlighted	USD 150 monthly · USD 150 / month with annual commitment Starting at $150 per month	Flat · Starting at $150 per month	Standalone · Starting at

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

Honeycomb

Free — Free

Highlights Event Volume: Up to 20M per month

Included
Highlights Metrics Data Points: Up to 100M per month

Included
Highlights Triggers: 2

Included
Highlights Distributed Tracing: Included
Highlights BubbleUp: Included
Highlights OpenTelemetry Support: Included
Highlights Team Query History: Included
Highlights Query Result Permalinks: Included
Highlights Honeycomb Metrics Canvas: Included
Highlights AI Copilot: Included
Highlights Honeycomb MCP Agent Timeline: Included

Pro — Pro

Highlights Event Volume: Up to 750M per month

Included
Highlights Metrics Data Points: Up to 3.75B per month

Included
Highlights Triggers: 100

Included
Highlights Distributed Tracing: Included
Highlights BubbleUp: Included
Highlights OpenTelemetry Support: Included
Highlights Team Query History: Included
Highlights Query Result Permalinks: Included
Highlights Honeycomb Metrics Canvas: Included
Highlights AI Copilot: Included
Highlights Honeycomb MCP Agent Timeline: Included
Highlights Service Level Objectives (SLOs): 2

Included
Highlights Single-Sign On (SSO): Included
Highlights Honeycomb Support: 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

Honeycomb

August 27, 2026 Source
- Free — Free: Free
- Pro — Pro: USD 150 monthly · USD 150 / month with annual commitment