Amazon CloudWatch vs Simple Observability

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

Simple Observability

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USD · US · source: simpleobservability.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Cloud	USD 3 monthly Paid Simple, predictable pricing for all your production servers. $3 / month per server Get Started ● 100 metrics per server ● High log volume ● Unlimited servers	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

Simple Observability

Cloud

Plan card ● 100 metrics per server: Included
Plan card ● High log volume: Included
Plan card ● Unlimited servers: 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

Simple Observability

August 27, 2026 Source
- Cloud: USD 3 monthly