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AWS API Gateway costs Free to $3.50 per month as of May 2026. Pricing depends on your chosen tier, contract length, and negotiated discounts.

Use the interactive pricing calculator to estimate your exact cost based on team size and requirements.

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+70% above list price
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AWS API Gateway true cost runs 70% above the listed $0-$3.5/month price as of May 2026. For a 25-person team, expect ~$893 in year-one costs vs the $525 base license. Key hidden costs: data transfer charges: $0.09 per gb for internet egress, api caching costs starting at $0.02/hour for 0.5gb, cloudwatch logs ingestion and storage fees. Verified from 8 sources by CostBench.

Hidden Costs Breakdown

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Data transfer charges: $0.09 per GB for internet egress

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API caching costs starting at $0.02/hour for 0.5GB

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CloudWatch Logs ingestion and storage fees

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Custom domain name charges (via Route 53)

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AWS WAF costs if enabled for security

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VPC Link charges for private integrations

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Lambda execution costs when using Lambda integrations

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Request/response payload transformation overhead

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AWS X-Ray tracing costs for debugging

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Certificate Manager costs for SSL certificates

Example: True Cost for 25 Users

License (25 × $1.75 × 12) $525/yr
Implementation (one-time) +$15,000–$50,000
Premium Support (20%) +$105/yr
Training (25 × $500) +$12,500
Admin (part-time) +$15,000–$25,000/yr
Estimated Year 1 Total ~$893
That's roughly 1.7× the advertised license price. The median AWS API Gateway contract is $2,000/yr across 89 Vendr purchases.
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