App Runner Pricing Calculator - Serverless Container Costs

App Runner charges differently based on instance state: active time (processing requests) costs vCPU + memory, while provisioned time (idle) only charges for memory. This means you save on vCPU costs during idle periods. Additional charges apply for build minutes ($0.005/min) and automatic deployments ($1/app/month).

It depends on your workload. App Runner has simpler pricing and lower costs when idle (only memory charged), making it ideal for variable traffic. Fargate offers Spot pricing (up to 70% savings) and ARM/Graviton (20% savings), which can be cheaper at scale. Compare with our Fargate pricing calculator.

App Runner supports configurations from 0.25 vCPU with 0.5 GB memory up to 4 vCPU with 12 GB memory. Memory options depend on vCPU selection - for example, 1 vCPU supports 2-8 GB memory. This calculator automatically shows valid combinations.

Build charges apply only when deploying from source code (not container images). AWS charges $0.005 per build minute. A typical 5-minute build costs $0.025. To avoid build costs entirely, deploy pre-built container images from ECR using our ECR pricing calculator to estimate registry costs.

Automatic deployments is a feature that triggers new deployments when you push code to your repository. It costs $1 per application per month regardless of deployment frequency. If you prefer manual deployments or use external CI/CD, you can disable this to save costs.

Yes! App Runner allows you to pause services to completely stop charges. When paused, you pay nothing - no vCPU, memory, or provisioned costs. This is ideal for development environments or services with predictable downtime. Resume the service when needed.