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CloudWatch Logs Pricing

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Hi guys, When I use CloudWatch Logs, I see the option to set up the log retention with Never Expire. I would like to know if I use this option, how much cost that I have to be charged?

Thanks, Steven

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Hello.

Storage pricing varies by region, but costs $0.03 per GB in the Northern Virginia region.
If you set the log retention period to "Never Expire", logs will continue to accumulate because they will not be automatically deleted.
Therefore, if you continue to output logs, the monthly CloudWatch Logs fee will gradually increase.
https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/pricing/?nc1=h_ls

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  • Didier Durand EXPERT
    2 years ago

    Hi, Riku is 100% correct. If you need to accumulate your logs over N years for compliance reasons. You may want to move them to cheaper S3 alternatives like S3 Glacier that will basically heavily reduce costs at the expense of an automated (daily?) log extraction / transfer pipeline.

  • Sam
    2 years ago

    thanks for your answer

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