Amazon CloudWatch vs PRTG Hosted Monitor

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

PRTG Hosted Monitor

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USD · US · source: www.paessler.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Hosted 500	USD 199.92 / month with annual commitment $2,399/year	Unit · annual license, normalized per month	Standalone · Fixed
Hosted 1000	USD 358.25 / month with annual commitment $4,299/year	Unit · annual license, normalized per month	Standalone · Fixed
Hosted 2500 Highlighted	USD 741.58 / month with annual commitment $8,899/year	Unit · annual license, normalized per month	Standalone · Fixed
Hosted 5000	USD 1299.92 / month with annual commitment $15,599/year	Unit · annual license, normalized per month	Standalone · Fixed
Hosted 10000	USD 1641.58 / month with annual commitment $19,699/year	Unit · annual license, normalized 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

PRTG Hosted Monitor

Hosted 500

Plan card Monitored aspects: Up to 500

Included
Plan card Typical devices: About 50

Included
Plan card Cloud hosting and updates: Included

Hosted 1000

Plan card Monitored aspects: Up to 1,000

Included
Plan card Typical devices: About 100

Included
Plan card Remote probes: Included

Hosted 2500

Plan card Monitored aspects: Up to 2,500

Included
Plan card Typical devices: About 250

Included
Plan card Managed backups: Included

Hosted 5000

Plan card Monitored aspects: Up to 5,000

Included
Plan card Typical devices: About 500

Included
Plan card Distributed monitoring: Included

Hosted 10000

Plan card Monitored aspects: Up to 10,000

Included
Plan card Typical devices: About 1,000

Included
Plan card Cloud-hosted 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

PRTG Hosted Monitor

August 27, 2026 Source
- Hosted 500: USD 199.92 / month with annual commitment
- Hosted 1000: USD 358.25 / month with annual commitment
- Hosted 2500: USD 741.58 / month with annual commitment
- Hosted 5000: USD 1299.92 / month with annual commitment
- Hosted 10000: USD 1641.58 / month with annual commitment