Amazon Shield · Pricing Plans

Amazon Shield Plans Pricing

Amazon Shield Plans Pricing is the pricing profile for Amazon Shield on the APIs.io network — every figure transcribed verbatim from the provider’s own pricing page on 2026-10-28.

It defines 3 plans, including AWS Shield Standard — No additional cost; AWS Shield Advanced — AWS Shield Advanced monthly fee of $3,000; AWS Shield Advanced Data Transfer Out - Amazon CloudFront / AWS Global Accelerator, First 100 TB — $0.025.

The page prices the business product the API comes with, not the API alone, as a tiered subscription; the service is delivered as managed.

Tagged areas include Amazon Web Services, DDoS Protection, Networking, and Security.

3 Plans Prices the product Basis: tiered subscription Delivered: managed
Transcribed from the provider's pricing page on 2026-10-28 — aws.amazon.com/shield/pricing/.
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Amazon Web ServicesDDoS ProtectionNetworkingSecurity
Compare tiers
PlanPriceIncludesOverage
AWS Shield StandardNo additional costProtection from common, most frequently occurring network and transport layer DDoS events; does not include AWS Shield network security director—
AWS Shield AdvancedAWS Shield Advanced monthly fee of $3,000 per per payer accountUp to 50 billion AWS WAF requests per subscribed payer ID per calendar month; 1-year subscription commitmentRequests beyond 50 billion billed per million requests (e.g. $0.15/ million requests; $0.20 per million requests for 2000 WCUs); data transfer out usage fees apply
AWS Shield Advanced Data Transfer Out - Amazon CloudFront / AWS Global Accelerator, First 100 TB$0.025 per per GB—Next 400 TB $0.02; Next 500 TB $0.015; Next 4 PB $0.01; Above 5 PB Contact Us

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Plans

AWS Shield Standard none
No additional cost
Includes: Protection from common, most frequently occurring network and transport layer DDoS events; does not include AWS Shield network security director
AWS Shield Advanced month
AWS Shield Advanced monthly fee of $3,000 per per payer account
Includes: Up to 50 billion AWS WAF requests per subscribed payer ID per calendar month; 1-year subscription commitment
Overage: Requests beyond 50 billion billed per million requests (e.g. $0.15/ million requests; $0.20 per million requests for 2000 WCUs); data transfer out usage fees apply
AWS Shield Advanced Data Transfer Out - Amazon CloudFront / AWS Global Accelerator, First 100 TB per-use
$0.025 per per GB
Overage: Next 400 TB $0.02; Next 500 TB $0.015; Next 4 PB $0.01; Above 5 PB Contact Us

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