Amazon Inspector Pricing Calculator - EC2, ECR & Lambda Security Scans

Amazon Inspector charges separately for each workload type it scans, including EC2 instance-hours, ECR image scans, CI/CD image assessments, and Lambda function-hours. In `us-east-1`, EC2 standard scanning starts around $0.00174 per instance-hour and CI/CD image assessments are about $0.03 per image.

Agentless EC2 scanning is priced separately from standard scanning. In `us-east-1`, it starts around $0.00243 per instance-hour, which is higher than standard EC2 scanning because AWS performs deeper snapshot-based analysis without relying on the SSM agent.

Continuous scanning bills each image rescan triggered by updated vulnerability intelligence. In `us-east-1`, initial scans are about $0.09 per image and rescans are about $0.01 per image. If you retain many images, rescans can compound into a large share of your Inspector bill. Pair this with our Amazon ECR pricing calculator to model the storage side too.

AWS includes 25 free one-time CI/CD image assessments per account. After that, CI/CD image assessments are about $0.03 per image in `us-east-1`. This calculator can deduct those 25 assessments automatically when the free tier toggle is enabled.

New Inspector accounts receive a 15-day free trial. AWS also provides 25 free one-time CI/CD image assessments per account.

Lambda standard scanning starts around $0.000417 per function-hour in `us-east-1`, while Lambda code scanning starts around $0.00084 per function-hour where AWS publishes that rate. For the broader runtime bill, compare these results with our AWS Lambda pricing calculator.