GuardDuty Pricing Calculator - Threat Detection & Protection Plans
GuardDuty pricing calculator for AWS threat detection. Estimate regional costs for CloudTrail and VPC analysis, S3, EKS, Lambda, RDS, continuous malware protection, vCPU-month runtime monitoring, and AI protection.
Reference pricesExample monthly cost in US East (N. Virginia)
10 million CloudTrail management events and 500 GB of VPC Flow and DNS query logs a month, with S3 protection on 20 million data events and runtime monitoring on 100 EC2 vCPU-months, priced by this calculator at AWS list prices.
Estimated total: $706.00 per month
| Breakdown | Monthly cost |
|---|---|
| Foundational Threat Detection | $540.00 |
| ↳ 10M CloudTrail events | $40.00 |
| ↳ 500 GB VPC/DNS logs | $500.00 |
| ↳↳ 500 GB @ $1.00/GB | $500.00 |
| Protection Plans (2) | $166.00 |
| ↳ S3 Protection | $16.00 |
| ↳ Runtime Monitoring | $150.00 |
Priced on 15 Oct 2026 from CloudBurn's AWS price data. Prices in USD, excluding tax.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How does GuardDuty foundational threat detection pricing work?
GuardDuty charges for CloudTrail management events and uses tiered pricing for VPC Flow Logs and DNS query log analysis. Rates and every tier price vary by AWS Region. Optional protection plans add usage-based charges on top.
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