Guarduty pricing calculator - malware protection for ec2

Question

Hi Guys,
I am calculating costs for GD using malware protection for ec2. On the calculator section in EBS Volume Data Scan Analysis I put 1 GB data as it charges per GB data scanned. But as calculated result it shows number of scans instead of about of data scanned.
See below:
"1 scans x 0.04 USD = 0.04 USD for EBS Data Scan
Total EBS Data Scan cost: 0.04 USD"
On my understanding it is a bug and should be "1GB x 0.04 USD = 0.04 USD for EBS Data Scan"

Moreover, if I follow that way of thinking when I want to enable malware scanning for: 1 VM with 100GB then calculations should be like: "100GB x 0.04 USD  = 4 USD per month" with assumption that there will be 1 scan only of 100GB of data.

Am I correct or my assumptions are wrong?
Thanks,
T

Thanniru Anil Kumar · Accepted Answer

**GuardDuty Malware Protection Pricing**

**EBS Volume Data Scan Analysis:**

**Pricing:** AWS GuardDuty charges $0.04 per GB of data scanned for malware protection.

**Display in Calculator**: The calculator might display this as "scans" instead of GBs scanned, which can be misleading.
Your Example:

If you have 1 VM with 100GB of data:

Assuming that there is 1 scan of the entire 100GB of data, the calculation should indeed be:
100
 GB
×
0.04
 USD/GB
=
4
 USD
100 GB×0.04 USD/GB=4 USD

This would be the cost for scanning 100GB of data once.

**Calculator Display:**

The calculator might be simplifying the representation by showing it as "1 scan" instead of detailing the GBs scanned, which could be confusing.
However, the cost should still be based on the total GBs scanned (in your case, 100GB).

[https://aws.amazon.com/guardduty/pricing/]()

NARRAVULA MUNI SAI TEJA · Answer

Hello,

**You're absolutely right.**

GuardDuty's EBS volume data scanning is priced based on the total amount of data scanned, measured in gigabytes (GB).

* **Total EBS volume size (GB) * $0.04/GB = Total EBS data scan cost**

The pricing calculator displaying the cost as "1 scan * $0.04" is incorrect and misleading.

**To calculate your actual cost, multiply your EBS volume size by $0.04.**

**Example:**

**1 VM with 100GB EBS volume: 100GB * $0.04/GB = $4/month**

This is your estimated monthly cost for malware protection on that specific EC2 instance.

Guarduty pricing calculator - malware protection for ec2

Assuming that there is 1 scan of the entire 100GB of data, the calculation should indeed be: 100 GB × 0.04 USD/GB

Add your answer

Relevant content