Amazon CloudWatch vs PM2

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

PM2

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USD · US · source: pm2.keymetrics.io

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
OpenSource	Free OpenSource	Flat · published offer	Standalone · Free
Plus	USD 39 monthly Starts at $39/month	Flat · /mo	Standalone · Starting at
Enterprise Runtime	USD 79 monthly Starts at $79/month	Flat · /mo	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

PM2

OpenSource

Plan card PM2 Process Manager: Included
Plan card Zero Downtime Reloads: Included
Plan card Terminal Based Monitoring: Included

Plus

Plan card Node.js production monitoring: Included
Plan card Real-time web monitoring: Included
Plan card Email and Slack notifications: Included

Enterprise Runtime

Plan card Synthetic application overview: Included
Plan card Custom metrics: Included
Plan card Server health check monitoring: 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

PM2

August 27, 2026 Source
- OpenSource: Free
- Plus: USD 39 monthly
- Enterprise Runtime: USD 79 monthly