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AWS Direct Connect

Approaching Agent-Ready
Agent-Ready SaaS Index · aws.amazon.com · scored 2026-05-09 · rubric v2.0
Score 62 / 100
Virtual Private Servers Providers
Self-serve checkout
Public API

AWS Direct Connect scores 62/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; usage-based / per-token pricing is published.

See AWS Direct Connect pricing summaryLive pricing page
Pricing
AWS Direct Connect pricing
As of 2026-05-09 · aws.amazon.com/directconnect/pricing/
Per-model pricing
18 SKUs priced in mixed units (hour, GB)
Model / SKUInputOutput

Dedicated 1 Gbps port hour

Excluding Japan; Japan rate $0.285/hour

$0.3 / hour

—

Dedicated 10 Gbps port hour

Excluding Japan; Japan rate $2.142/hour

$2.25 / hour

—

Dedicated 100 Gbps port hour

$22.5 / hour

—

Dedicated 400 Gbps port hour

$85 / hour

—

Hosted 50 Mbps port hour

Excluding Japan; Japan rate $0.029/hour

$0.03 / hour

—

Hosted 100 Mbps port hour

Excluding Japan; Japan rate $0.057/hour

$0.06 / hour

—

Hosted 200 Mbps port hour

Excluding Japan; Japan rate $0.076/hour

$0.08 / hour

—

Hosted 300 Mbps port hour

Excluding Japan; Japan rate $0.114/hour

$0.12 / hour

—

Hosted 400 Mbps port hour

Excluding Japan; Japan rate $0.152/hour

$0.16 / hour

—

Hosted 500 Mbps port hour

Excluding Japan; Japan rate $0.190/hour

$0.2 / hour

—

Hosted 1 Gbps port hour

Excluding Japan; Japan rate $0.314/hour

$0.33 / hour

—

Hosted 2 Gbps port hour

Excluding Japan; Japan rate $0.627/hour

$0.66 / hour

—

Hosted 5 Gbps port hour

Excluding Japan; Japan rate $1.568/hour

$1.65 / hour

—

Hosted 10 Gbps port hour

Excluding Japan; Japan rate $2.361/hour

$2.48 / hour

—

Hosted 25 Gbps port hour

Excluding Japan; Japan rate $6.20/hour

$6.2 / hour

—

Data transfer out US (Contiguous) per GB

DTO from US to Direct Connect location

$0.02 / GB

—

Data transfer out Europe per GB

DTO from Europe to Direct Connect location

$0.02 / GB

—

Data transfer in per GB

Free in all locations

$0 / GB

—

Score breakdown · rubric v2.0
How AWS Direct Connect scores on the agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing visibility

15 / 15

Self-serve checkout

15 / 15

Public API + docs

0 / 20

Usage-based / metered pricing

20 / 20

Free entry path

0 / 7

No sales call required

7 / 7

Card / wallet / x402 payment

5 / 6

Machine-readable bonus (MCP / OpenAPI)

0 / 10

Total
62 / 100
Effective pricing
What it actually costs at typical scale
1 Gbps dedicated connection used 100 hours + 500 GB data out (US)
$40/mo
· Port hour rate $0.30/hr· Data out $0.02/GB
Confidence: high
Agent purchase verdict
Can an autonomous agent transact here?
Agent-ready
LLM score: 85/100

Can create account

Yes

Can enter payment method

Yes

Can upgrade plan

Yes

Can buy more usage

Yes

Can cancel online

Yes

Payment methods

card
invoice

Human approval recommended

No

Pricing transparency

full

Purchase motion

self_serve

Demo required

No

Quote required

No

Annual commit required

No

Auto-renewal mentioned

No

Cancellation policy visible

Yes

Refund policy visible

No

Invoice payment available

Yes

Purchase orders supported

Yes

MSA required

No

DPA available

Yes

Security review required

No

Trial

Available

Enterprise signals
Trust & compliance

SSO / SAML

Yes

RBAC

Yes

Audit logs

Yes

Data residency

US
EU
APAC

Competitive intel
Positioning & ecosystem

Buyer persona

enterprise
mid market

Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from AWS Direct Connect?
◐

Discover price

✗

Select a plan

✗

Pay per task

✗

Avoid a sales call

◐

API docs without auth

✗

Estimate cost upfront

Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-06. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • No clear agent-favorable signals were extracted on this scoring run.
◐ Opportunities for the provider
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • All advertised tiers route to a sales contact form; an agent cannot complete a purchase autonomously.
  • API documentation is gated or absent; an agent cannot inspect the integration surface without authentication.
  • PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
One-line fix
How AWS Direct Connect could lift its score

Add a per-unit price (e.g. $X / 1K calls) to the pricing page so an agent can compute its own cost before committing.

pricing_visible

true

headline_phrasing

AWS Direct Connect pricing — Once you have linked your locations to AWS Direct Connect, you can send data between them using SiteLink. When using SiteLink, data travels over the shortest path between locations. The SiteLink feature is off by default and can be turned on or off at any time.

tier_count

0

lowest_paid_entry_usd

null

free_tier

false

free_tier_terms

null

per_unit_price

$0.30/hour

annual_required

false

self_serve_paid_tiers

1

sales_only_tiers

0

public_api_docs_url

https://builder.aws.com/

api_docs_auth_walled

false

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

per_unit_classification

{"unit_class":"compute_time","confidence":"low","agent_task_price_forecastable":"partial","rejected_reason":null,"evidence_text":"$0.30/hour"}

usage_headline_present

false

custom_tier_present

false

agent_friendly

{"ai_pricing_json":false,"agents_txt":false,"llms_txt":false,"sitemap_xml":false,"mcp_server_card":false,"agent_skills_index":false,"x402_supported":false}

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Page heading: AWS Direct Connect pricing
CTAs (40): Skip to main content · Filter: All · English · Contact us · AWS Marketplace · Support · My account · Search · Sign in to console · Create account · Networking and Content Delivery · AWS Direct Connect
Price tokens (50): $0.30/hour · $0.285/hour · $2.25/hour · $2.142/hour · $22.50/hour · $22.50/hour · $85.00/hour · $85.00/hour Port hours · $0.03/hour · $0.029/hour · $0.06/hour · $0.057/hour
Skip to main content Filter: All English Contact us AWS Marketplace Support My account Search Filter: All Sign in to console Create account Networking and Content Delivery AWS Direct Connect Pricing AWS Direct Connect pricing Get started with AWS Request a pricing quote Overview AWS Direct Connect is a cloud service that links your network directly to AWS to deliver consistent, low-latency performance. With AWS Direct Connect, you pay only for what you use and there is no minimum fee. There are no setup charges, and you may cancel at any time. However, services provided by your AWS Direct Connect Delivery Partners or other local service provider may have other terms that apply. Once you have linked your locations to AWS Direct Connect, you can send data between them using SiteLink. When using SiteLink, data travels over the shortest path between locations. The SiteLink feature is off by default and can be turned on or off at any time. AWS Direct Connect Delivery Partners Pricing components When connecting to resources running in any AWS Region (such as an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud or AWS Transit Gateway) or Local Zone, there are three factors that determine pricing: capacity, port hours, and data transfer out (DTO) through your AWS Direct Connect location. Capacity is the maximum rate that data can be transferred through a network connection. The capacity of AWS Direct Connect connections are measured in megabit per second (Mbps) or gigabit per second (Gbps). One gigabit p…
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Agent-Ready Spec
AWS Direct Connect
Approaching Agent-Ready

62

/ 100 (rubric v2.0)
Category

Virtual Private Servers Providers

Pricing model

Not advertised

Tier count

0

Free tier

No

Lowest paid entry

Sales-led

Per-unit price

$0.30/hour

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

1 / 0

Public API docs

Public

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-09

Pricing intelligenceInsights extracted from aws.amazon.com/directconnect/pricing/
Pricing model

Per-model / per-SKU pricing

Agent-purchase verdict
Agent-ready
85/100 · v2.1
Canonical answer

AWS Direct Connect pricing starts at $0.00 per GB for data transfer in and $0.03 per hour for a 50 Mbps hosted connection; port hour rates range up to $85.00 per hour for 400 Gbps dedicated connections, and data transfer out costs $0.02–$0.125 per GB depending on region. Billed usage‑based.

Cheapest entry

50 Mbps hosted connection

Actions
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Verdict reflects Approaching Agent-Ready status under rubric v2.0. Source observed at https://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/pricing/.
Agent-friendly features0 of 7 present
Discovery files and protocols
Side-channel signals — informational, not part of the score. Each protocol is independent; adoption signals the publisher is thinking about agent buyers.

ai-pricing.json

agents.txt

llms.txt

sitemap.xml

MCP Server Card

Agent Skills

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