Pricing in GuardDuty
Amazon Web Services China Region Free Tier helps you explore and try out Amazon Web Services free of charge up to specified limits for each service. There are three categories – 12 months free, always free, and short-term free trials. Amazon GuardDuty belongs to the short-term free trial category and offers a 30-day free trial. When you continue using GuardDuty after this free trial ends, you start incurring cost based on how you use this service.
On-demand malware scan (under Malware Protection for EC2) and Malware Protection for S3 don't fall into the
GuardDuty 30-day short term free trial category. Malware Protection for S3 falls into the 12 months free category
of the Amazon Web Services China Region Free Tier whereas the On-demand malware scan follows a pay-as-you-use cost model. There is no 30-day free trial
or a 12-month Free Tier cost model with On-demand malware scan.
For more information, see GuardDuty pricing
Using GuardDuty 30-day free trial
When using GuardDuty for the first time in an Amazon Web Services Region, your Amazon Web Services account is automatically enrolled in a 30-day free trial in that Region. Some of the protection plans will also get enabled automatically and are included in the 30-day free trial. Because GuardDuty is a regional service, when you enable it for the first time in a different Region, your account will get a 30-day free trial of GuardDuty and some supported protection plans in that Region.
The following table shows which protection plans are enabled automatically when you enable GuardDuty for the first time.
| Protection plan | Included in GuardDuty 30-day free trial | Has its own 30-day free trial1 |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | Yes | |
| Yes | Yes | |
GuardDuty Malware Protection for EC2 – GuardDuty-initiated malware scan |
Yes | Yes |
|
GuardDuty Malware Protection for EC2 – On-demand malware scan |
No | No |
| No | No | |
| Yes | Yes | |
| No | Yes | |
| Yes | Yes |
1In general, a protection plan may have its own 30-day free trial. For example, when you enable a protection plan that becomes generally available after GuardDuty 30-day free trial expired for your account, you can use this protection plan's 30-day free trial. For more information about free trials for protection plans, see the document associated with each protection plan.
View estimated usage cost during free trial – During 30-day free trial of GuardDuty and potentially a protection plan, GuardDuty provides estimated usage cost for your account. If you're a delegated GuardDuty administrator account, you can view the total estimated usage cost and account-level breakdown for all the member accounts that have enabled GuardDuty. For more information, see Estimating GuardDuty cost.
Usage cost after free trial ends – When you continue using GuardDuty or
any of its protection plans after the free trial ends, you will start incurring
associated usage costs. To view your bill, navigate to Cost Explorer in
the https://console.amazonaws.cn/billing/
Using Malware Protection for S3 with 12-month Free Tier
Malware Protection for S3 uses a Free Tier plan associated with your Amazon Web Services accounts that are either new, have an ongoing free tier, or have an expired 12-month free tier. For more information, see Pricing for Malware Protection for S3.