Amazon CloudWatch vs Middleware

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

Middleware

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USD · US · source: middleware.io

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Pay As You Go	USD 0.3 monthly $0.30 per GB of metrics, logs and traces	Usage · per GB; additional usage meters published	Standalone · Starting at
BYOC	Contact sales Custom pricing	Flat · published offer	Standalone · Contact sales

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

Middleware

Pay As You Go

Plan card RUM sessions: $1 per 1,000

Limited
Plan card Synthetic checks: $1 per 5,000

Limited
Plan card Retention: 30 days

Limited

BYOC

Plan card Bring your own cloud: 0

Limited
Plan card Custom retention: 1

Limited
Plan card Support: 24x7

Limited

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

Middleware

August 27, 2026 Source
- Pay As You Go: USD 0.3 monthly
- BYOC: Contact sales