Aws Api Gateway Plans Pricing
AWS API Gateway is pay-as-you-go with no tiered subscription. You pay per million calls for REST / HTTP / WebSocket APIs, plus data transfer out and optional caching / portal charges. Pricing is regional and shown for US East (N. Virginia); other regions vary slightly. New customers receive a 12-month free tier of 1M calls/month per API type.
Plans
REST API endpoints with full feature set (request/response transforms, custom authorizers, usage plans, API keys, caching).
- API keys & usage plans
- Request/response transforms
- Custom authorizers
- Caching (optional)
- WAF integration
Lower-cost API type optimized for HTTP backends (Lambda, ALB, EC2). Tiered pricing.
- JWT / OIDC authorizers
- Lambda authorizers
- VPC Link
- Lower-cost Lambda backends
WebSocket API for real-time bidirectional connections. Charged per message and per connection minute.
- Bidirectional messaging
- Persistent connections
- Route-based dispatch
REST API exposed only inside a VPC via AWS PrivateLink. No data transfer charge but PrivateLink interface endpoint charges apply.
- VPC-only access
- PrivateLink delivery
Hosted developer portal for documenting and exposing APIs. Flat monthly base plus per-product overage.
- Branded developer portal
- API key self-service
- Documentation hosting
First-12-months free tier for new AWS customers. Covers REST, HTTP, and WebSocket APIs separately.
- 1M REST calls / month
- 1M HTTP calls / month
- 1M WebSocket messages + 750K connection minutes / month