AWS CloudWatch · FinOps Profile

Cloudwatch Finops

FinOps mapping for AWS CloudWatch, derived from the prices AWS CloudWatch publishes (https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/pricing/), transcribed verbatim in plans/cloudwatch-plans-pricing.yml. Nothing here is estimated.

Cloudwatch Finops is the FinOps profile for AWS CloudWatch on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

The provider bills by gb ingested, as read on 2026-10-28.

It defines 12 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category usage-based.

The profile maps 4 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Alarms, Amazon Web Services, Dashboards, Logs, and Metrics.

Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3 Bills by: gb ingested
Derived by API Evangelist from the provider's plans and contracts on 2026-10-28.
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AlarmsAmazon Web ServicesDashboardsLogsMetricsMonitoringObservability

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
PricingUnit
gb ingested
ProviderName
AWS CloudWatch
ServiceName
AWS CloudWatch

Meters

minute
Unit: minute
gb
Unit: gb
gb_ingested
Unit: gb ingested
million_samples_scanned
Unit: million samples scanned
million_requests
Unit: million requests
gb_copied
Unit: gb copied
rule
Unit: rule
million_spans_indexed
Unit: million spans indexed
resource_per_hour
Unit: resource per hour
10_000_city_networks_per_hour
Unit: 10,000 city-networks per hour
metric
Unit: metric
trace_recorded
Unit: trace recorded

Sources

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Tools for finops

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  • find_finopsBrowse and filter every finops artifact in the catalog.
  • apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
  • resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
  • find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.
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curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/finops/cloudwatch-finops"
All finops 
curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/finops?limit=25"

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