AWS Step Functions Pricing
aws.amazon.com · Low Code Development Platforms Lcdp · refreshed 2026-05-06AWS Step Functions is a pay-as-you-go API — sign up for an API key, then pay per call. Free tier available — 4,000 state transitions per month.
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AWS Step Functions 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.
3 SKUs priced in mixed units (state_transition, request, GB-second)
| Model / SKU | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|
Standard Workflows | $0.000025 / state_transition | — |
Express Workflows Requests | $1 / 1M request | — |
Express Workflows Duration | $0.00001667 / GB-second | — |
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Monthly usage (state_transition)
$0.000025 per state_transition · billed monthly
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per monthAWS Step Functions pricing FAQ
AWS Step Functions pricing starts at $0.000025 per state transition for Standard Workflows; free tier of 4,000 transitions per month; Express Workflows cost $1.00 per million requests plus $0.00001667 per GB-second of duration. Billed monthly.
AWS Step Functions is priced per usage rather than per seat. Sign up for an API key, then pay per call.
Yes — AWS Step Functions publishes a free tier. 4,000 state transitions per month.
Yes — AWS Step Functions's purchase motion is self-serve. A checkout URL is published on the pricing page. No demo is required.
Yes — AWS Step Functions'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 Step Functions as agent-ready: every advertised plan is self-serve with public pricing. AWS Step Functions publishes a pricing page with 2 discoverable plan tier(s). No per-unit price was found on the page; an agent has no direct way to estimate the cost of a single task. 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.
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/ 100 in xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS IndexAWS Step Functions scores 85/100 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 i…
See the full scorecardIncludes the 6-step agent purchase simulation, score breakdown across 7 dimensions, and the one-line fix that would lift AWS Step Functions into the Agent-Ready Verified band.At a glance
4,000 state transitions per month
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AWS Step Functions pricing summary derived from a live read of https://aws.amazon.com/step-functions/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 Step Functions.
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