The Truth About CloudWatch Pricing

Amazon CloudWatch is a built-in AWS tool that monitors all AWS resources and applications. It provides metrics for every single AWS service you're using and allows custom dashboards to display stats about your custom apps and metric groups. Pricing for CloudWatch is based on three parts: data ingest pipeline, data storage, and visualization/management tools. The free tier offers limited allowances for Metrics, Logs, and Dashboards, while the paid tier charges differ by region and are subject to change. To keep costs under control, consider monitoring EC2 instances like a pro, utilizing dimensions effectively, removing unnecessary custom metrics, and adjusting metric resolution as needed.