Amazon CloudWatch vs OpenStatus

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

OpenStatus

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USD · US · source: www.openstatus.dev

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Hobby	Free Free	Flat · published offer	Standalone · Free
Starter	USD 30 monthly $30/month	Flat · published offer	Standalone · Fixed
Pro	USD 100 monthly $100/month	Flat · published offer	Standalone · Fixed
Scale	USD 500 monthly $500/month	Flat · published offer	Standalone · Fixed
Enterprise	Contact sales Custom	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

OpenStatus

Hobby

Plan card Monitors: 1

Limited
Plan card Interval: 10 minutes

Limited

Starter

Plan card More monitors: 0

Limited
Plan card Faster checks: 1

Limited

Pro

Plan card Team monitoring: 0

Limited
Plan card Advanced status pages: 1

Limited

Scale

Plan card Scale monitoring: 0

Limited
Plan card Priority support: 1

Limited

Enterprise

Plan card Custom scale: 0

Limited
Plan card Enterprise support: 1

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

OpenStatus

August 27, 2026 Source
- Hobby: Free
- Starter: USD 30 monthly
- Pro: USD 100 monthly
- Scale: USD 500 monthly
- Enterprise: Contact sales