Amazon CloudWatch vs MetricFire

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

MetricFire

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USD · US · source: www.metricfire.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Intro	USD 19 monthly · USD 16 / month with annual commitment $19/month or $16/month billed annually	Flat · per month	Standalone · Fixed
Basic Highlighted	USD 99 monthly · USD 84 / month with annual commitment $99/month or $84/month billed annually	Flat · per month	Standalone · Fixed
Core	USD 499 monthly · USD 429 / month with annual commitment $499/month or $429/month billed annually	Flat · 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

MetricFire

Intro

Plan card Metrics: 500

Included
Plan card Retention: 6 months

Included
Plan card Team users: 2

Included

Basic

Plan card Metrics: 1,000

Included
Plan card Retention: 2 years

Included
Plan card Unlimited users and alerts: Included

Core

Plan card Metrics: 5,000

Included
Plan card Retention: 2 years

Included
Plan card Unlimited dashboards: 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

MetricFire

August 27, 2026 Source
- Intro: USD 19 monthly · USD 16 / month with annual commitment
- Basic: USD 99 monthly · USD 84 / month with annual commitment
- Core: USD 499 monthly · USD 429 / month with annual commitment