Amazon Data Firehose Pricing Calculator
Model Firehose ingestion, format conversion, and per-destination delivery before you pipe logs to the wrong target.
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Ingestion volume
us-east-1list rates, pricing as of 2026-06-30. Kinesis Data Streams source charges and destination storage (S3, OpenSearch) excluded. Source: AWS public pricing.
$0.029/GB ingestion in us-east-1.
Who This Tool Is For
Data engineers and FinOps leads choosing between Firehose destinations for logs, events, and streaming ETL.
Why We Built This Tool
Firehose bills $0.029/GB ingested plus destination-specific delivery — OpenSearch and Redshift double the per-GB charge compared to S3.
What Problem It Solves
- Wrong destination. Shipping all logs to OpenSearch when only 5% need search costs 2× delivery vs S3 + Athena.
- CloudWatch comparison. Firehose to S3 at ~$0.029/GB vs CloudWatch Logs at $0.50/GB ingest — 94% cheaper for retention.
- Conversion overhead. Parquet conversion adds $0.018/GB — worth it for Athena query savings, not for raw archive.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where do these Data Firehose prices come from?
AWS published us-east-1 list prices (Amazon Data Firehose pricing), pricing as of 2026-06-30.
Is delivery to S3 free?
S3 delivery has no additional per-GB Firehose charge beyond ingestion (and optional format conversion). You still pay S3 storage separately.
Why is OpenSearch delivery more expensive?
OpenSearch and Redshift destinations add $0.029/GB delivery on top of ingestion — roughly doubling the Firehose line item vs S3.
How does Firehose compare to CloudWatch Logs?
CloudWatch Logs ingestion is $0.50/GB. Firehose ingestion is $0.029/GB — route retention logs to S3 via Firehose and reserve CloudWatch for real-time alerting.
What does format conversion cost?
Converting to Parquet or ORC adds $0.018/GB. The trade-off is cheaper Athena queries and smaller S3 storage over time.
Do I need Kinesis Data Streams with Firehose?
Firehose can ingest directly from producers or use Kinesis Data Streams as a source. Kinesis shard hours bill separately if you use streams as a buffer.