AWS IAM Access Analyzer Pricing Calculator
Estimate internal-access monitoring and unused-access analysis before organization-wide least-privilege rollouts scale.
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us-east-1list rates, pricing as of 2026-07-09. External access analyzer and policy validation are free — not modeled. Source: AWS public pricing.
External access findings and built-in policy validation are free. Paid features: internal access ($9/resource/mo), unused access ($0.20/principal/mo), and custom policy checks ($0.002/call).
$0.002 per ValidatePolicy / custom check API call.
Who This Tool Is For
Cloud security and IAM teams rolling out organization-wide least-privilege after an audit or SOC 2 Type II preparation.
Why We Built This Tool
Internal access at $9/resource/month scales linearly — monitoring every S3 bucket in a 200-bucket org is $1,800/month before unused-access analysis.
What Problem It Solves
- Resource sprawl. Each S3 bucket, DynamoDB table, or KMS key added to internal monitoring adds $9/month.
- Unused access breadth. Org-wide unused-access analysis bills $0.20 per role and user — large enterprises hit hundreds monthly.
- CI policy gates. Custom policy checks at $0.002/call add up when every Terraform plan triggers validation.
Pair with our cloud security service or the Security Hub calculator.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do these IAM Access Analyzer prices come from?
Rates are AWS published us-east-1 list prices (IAM Access Analyzer pricing), pricing as of 2026-07-09.
What is free in IAM Access Analyzer?
External access analyzers (public and cross-account findings), built-in policy validation, and policy generation from CloudTrail activity are provided at no additional charge.
What triggers internal access billing?
Each AWS resource you configure for internal-access monitoring (S3 buckets, DynamoDB tables, KMS keys, etc.) bills $9.00 per month per resource per Region.
How does unused access pricing work?
Unused access analysis bills $0.20 per IAM role and user per month. Because principals are global, you need only one unused-access analyzer per partition (e.g., one for all US Regions).
When should I enable custom policy checks?
Use custom policy checks in CI/CD to enforce organizational security standards before deployment. At $0.002 per API call, 10,000 checks/month costs $20.
How does this relate to Security Hub and Config?
Access Analyzer focuses on permission reachability and unused grants. Security Hub aggregates findings; Config tracks resource configuration compliance — all three can overlap but bill separately.