Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka pricing
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Every plan
MSK Connect
Hourly connector usage, billed at one-second resolution; example rate is $0.11 per hour per MCU.
Each MCU provides 1 vCPU and 4 GB memory; total cost depends on worker count and size
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MSK Provisioned — Standard brokers
Hourly broker usage, billed at one-second resolution; example rate is $0.204 per hour for a kafka.m7g.large in US East (N. Virginia).
Storage, optional provisioned storage throughput, data transfer, and private connectivity are charged separately
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MSK Replicator
Example Replicator rate is $0.30 per hour; data processed and, for cross-Region replication, data transfer are charged separately.
Cross-Region and same-Region replication supported; other charges may apply, including private connectivity
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MSK Provisioned — Express brokers
Hourly broker usage, billed at one-second resolution; example rate is $0.408 per hour for an express.m7g.large in US East (N. Virginia).
Also charged for data ingested and storage; data transfer and private connectivity may incur separate charges
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MSK Serverless
Example US East rate is $0.75/cluster-hr; additional example rates are $ 0.0015/partition-hr, $0.10/GB-in, $0.05/GB-out, and $0.10/GB-month for storage.
Usage charges vary by cluster-hours, partition-hours, data written and read, and storage; data transfer may be additional
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