0.4
- Fargate on-demand
- $12
- Fargate Spot
- $3.60
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AWS ECS (Fargate) pricing, plans & costs
AWS Fargate / ECS — serverless containers billed per vCPU and GB per hour.
- Starts at
- Free
- Free plan
- Yes
- Plans
- 2
- Billed by
- vCPU-months
Plans at a glance
AWS ECS (Fargate) plans and prices
Estimated from public pricing
Cost calculator
AWS ECS (Fargate) cost calculator
4
Fargate on-demand estimate
$118/mo
$0/mo, then $29.55 per vCPU-month
Estimate covers the main usage meter only; taxes and add-ons are excluded.
AWS ECS (Fargate) plans at 4
vs alternatives (cheapest plan)
How much does AWS ECS (Fargate) cost per month?
| 0.4 | $12 | $3.60 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $59 | $18 |
| 4 | $118 | $36 |
| 20 | $591 | $180 |
| 80 | $2,364 | $720 |
2
- Fargate on-demand
- $59
- Fargate Spot
- $18
4
- Fargate on-demand
- $118
- Fargate Spot
- $36
20
- Fargate on-demand
- $591
- Fargate Spot
- $180
80
- Fargate on-demand
- $2,364
- Fargate Spot
- $720
Cheapest plan per volume highlighted. "—" means the plan does not allow that volume.
AWS ECS (Fargate) plan feature comparison
| Bandwidth / egress | Standard AWS egress | Standard AWS egress |
|---|---|---|
| Builds & deploys | N/A | N/A |
| Compute | Per vCPU-hour | Up to 70% off |
| Regions | 30+ regions | 30+ regions |
| Storage | 20 GB ephemeral | 20 GB |
| Support | AWS support plan | AWS support plan |
| Team members | IAM | IAM |
| Uptime SLA | 99.99% | Not included |
Bandwidth / egress
- Fargate on-demand
- Standard AWS egress
- Fargate Spot
- Standard AWS egress
Builds & deploys
- Fargate on-demand
- N/A
- Fargate Spot
- N/A
Compute
- Fargate on-demand
- Per vCPU-hour
- Fargate Spot
- Up to 70% off
Regions
- Fargate on-demand
- 30+ regions
- Fargate Spot
- 30+ regions
Storage
- Fargate on-demand
- 20 GB ephemeral
- Fargate Spot
- 20 GB
Support
- Fargate on-demand
- AWS support plan
- Fargate Spot
- AWS support plan
Team members
- Fargate on-demand
- IAM
- Fargate Spot
- IAM
Uptime SLA
- Fargate on-demand
- 99.99%
- Fargate Spot
- Not included
How AWS ECS (Fargate) pricing works
Fargate charges per vCPU-hour and GB-hour of memory, plus storage over 20 GB.
- ~$0.04048 per vCPU-hour, $0.004445 per GB-hour (us-east-1).
- Spot pricing up to 70% cheaper.
AWS ECS (Fargate) is best for
Containerized APIs
Long-running services
AWS shops
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AWS ECS (Fargate) pricing FAQ
Source: official AWS ECS (Fargate) pricing page. Estimated. Prices change — confirm before buying.