Pricing
AWS CloudTrail pricing
As aws.amazon.com lists them, read 7 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Event history | 90-day management event history · view, search, and download | Free |
| Trail management events | The first copy of management events is free · Deliver additional copies of management events to Amazon S3 | $2 a month |
| Trail data events | Deliver data events to Amazon S3 | $0.10 a month |
| Trail data event aggregation | Charged in addition to data event charges · Deliver five-minute summaries of data events | $0.03 a month |
| Trail network activity events | Deliver network activity events to Amazon S3 | $0.10 a month |
| CloudWatch Logs delivery | CloudWatch Logs ingestion fees also apply · Deliver management and data events to a CloudWatch Logs group | $0.25 a month |
| CloudTrail Lake one-year extendable retention | For CloudTrail management, data, and network activity events · 366 days default retention · 3,653 days maximum retention | $0.75 a month |
| CloudTrail Lake seven-year retention | First 5 TB per month; tiered rates apply above 5 TB · 2,557 days retention | $2.50 a month |
| CloudTrail Lake trial | 30 days or until free usage limits are reached, whichever comes first · Up to 5 GB ingested · up to 5 GB scanned · data retention at no additional cost · no longer open to new customers starting May 31, 2026 | Free |
| First trail copy | One copy of ongoing management events delivered to S3 | Free |
From aws.amazon.com.