Track user activity and API usage

Reduce AWS CloudTrail costs with these tips

AWS CloudTrail cost saving tips

Optimize your AWS CloudTrail costs with these tips

Monitor CloudTrail Usage

Regularly use AWS Cost Explorer to monitor your CloudTrail usage and costs. This can help identify and eliminate unused trails or unnecessary logs, optimizing costs.

Set AWS Budgets

Use AWS Budgets to establish custom budgets and alerts for CloudTrail usage and expenses. This can help you manage your costs proactively before exceeding your budgets.

Delete Unused Trails

Delete unused trails or reduce log file validation to save on storage costs. Use 'aws cloudtrail delete-trail' to delete unused trails.

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Service information & pricing

About AWS CloudTrail

About AWS CloudTrail

AWS CloudTrail is a service that tracks user activity & API usage on AWS, hybrid, & multicloud environments. It helps organizations adhere to compliance regulations like SOC, PCI, & HIPAA. Through recording user events, setting EventBridge workflow rules, & centralizing data across AWS regions and accounts, it heightens security. It also detects unauthorized access, scrutinizes activity logs with SQL-based queries, & responds with EventBridge alert rules.

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AWS CloudTrail pricing

CloudTrail Lake offers a 30-day free trial with limited data services. After the trial, pricing is pay-as-you-go: 1-year retention for under 25TB at $0.75/GB, 7-year for over 25TB. Retention costs are based on data volume, type and chosen price/retained volume. Trails are free. Management events to S3 are $2.00 per 100,000 after a free copy, S3 data events $0.10 per 100,000, and Insights $0.35 per 100,000 analyzed events.

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