AWS AppSync Pricing
aws.amazon.com · Ipaas · refreshed 2026-05-06AWS AppSync is a pay-as-you-go API — sign up for an API key, then pay per call. Free tier available — 250,000 query or data modification operations, 250,000 real‑time updates, 600,000 connection‑minutes per month for 12 months.
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aws.amazon.com/appsync/pricing/
AWS AppSync pricing
Sign up, get an API key, pay per call
Self-serve checkout with public pricing — an autonomous agent can complete the purchase without a sales call.
7 SKUs priced in mixed units (operations, updates, connection_minutes…)
| Model / SKU | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
Query and Data Modification Operations | $4 / 1M operations | — |
Real-time Updates | $2 / 1M updates | — |
Connection Minutes | $0.08 / 1M connection_minutes | — |
AppSync Events API Operations | $1 / 1M event_api_operations | — |
Cache.small Dedicated cache instance | $0.044 / hour | — |
Cache.medium Dedicated cache instance | $0.089 / hour | — |
Cache.large Dedicated cache instance | $0.298 / hour | — |
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AWS AppSync bills per usage. Set your expected monthly volume below.
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Monthly usage (operations)
$0.000004 per operations · billed monthly
$4.00
per monthAWS AppSync pricing FAQ
AWS AppSync pricing starts at $0 per month for the free tier; paid usage is billed at $4.00 per million query operations, $2.00 per million real-time updates, $1.00 per million event API operations, and $0.08 per million connection‑minutes. Billed usage.
AWS AppSync is priced per usage rather than per seat. Sign up for an API key, then pay per call.
Yes — AWS AppSync publishes a free tier. 250,000 query or data modification operations, 250,000 real‑time updates, 600,000 connection‑minutes per month for 12 months.
Yes — AWS AppSync's purchase motion is self-serve. A checkout URL is published on the pricing page. No demo is required.
Yes — AWS AppSync's API documentation is publicly accessible, and the API is the primary product surface. An AI agent or developer can inspect the integration surface without authentication.
xpay scored AWS AppSync as agent-ready: every advertised plan is self-serve with public pricing. AWS AppSync's pricing URL resolves, but plan structure is not surfaced clearly enough for an agent to enumerate without hand-parsing. Per-unit pricing is published — an agent can forecast cost per task before committing. Every advertised tier is self-serve; no tier requires a sales call. Public API documentation is reachable without an auth wall. A free or freemium tier is offered. For the full purchase simulation see the linked Agent-Ready Index scorecard.
In the Ipaas category, xpay's Agent-Ready Index lists alternatives ranked by their ability to support AI agent purchase. Visit the agent-readiness scorecard for AWS AppSync to compare with 3 nearest peers.
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/ 100 in xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS IndexAWS AppSync scores 83/100 on xpay's Agent-Ready Index v2: partial pricing visibility; self-serve checkout is available; a public API exists with documentation; usage-based / per-token pricing is publi…
See the full scorecardIncludes the 6-step agent purchase simulation, score breakdown across 7 dimensions, and the one-line fix that would lift AWS AppSync into the Agent-Ready Verified band.At a glance
250,000 query or data modification operations, 250,000 real‑time updates, 600,000 connection‑minutes per month for 12 months
Pay-as-you-go
Pay-as-you-go
7 models priced per undefined
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AWS AppSync pricing summary derived from a live read of https://aws.amazon.com/appsync/pricing/ on 2026-05-06. For the agent-readiness assessment — including the 6-step purchase simulation and a per-dimension scorecard — see xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index entry for AWS AppSync.
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