AWS Fargate pricing
Amazon Web Services · Serverless containers (vCPU-hour + GB-hour) · snapshot captured June 2026
AWS Fargate is priced as serverless containers (vcpu-hour + gb-hour). On-demand (US East N. Virginia): $0.04048 per vCPU-hour + $0.004445 per GB-hour. A 0.25 vCPU / 0.5 GB task is ~$10.50/month always-on. No scale-to-zero by itself (tasks run until stopped). Spot up to 70% off. It bills for resources while they run (no scale-to-zero on its own). Egress: Standard AWS egress (first 100 GB/month free, then ~$0.09/GB).
Source: Amazon Web Services pricing. Data as of June 2026.
AWS Fargate pricing at a glance
| Cost factor | AWS Fargate |
|---|---|
| Pricing model | Serverless containers (vCPU-hour + GB-hour) |
| Per 1M requests | Not request-priced |
| Per GB-second | n/a |
| Free tier | No always-free tier. Billed per second (1-minute minimum). On-demand US East: $0.04048/vCPU-hour + $0.004445/GB-hour. Fargate Spot up to ~70% cheaper; Savings Plans up to ~50%. |
| Scale to zero | No (bills while running) |
| Egress | Standard AWS egress (first 100 GB/month free, then ~$0.09/GB). |
| Regions | All AWS regions (via ECS/EKS). |
Source: Amazon Web Services pricing page. Data as of June 2026.
Source: Amazon Web Services pricing. Snapshot June 2026 — verify on the vendor's pricing page. Serverless pricing changes frequently.
Worked example
A small API doing 1,000,000 requests/month, each running ~200 ms at 256 MB of memory (≈50,000 GB-seconds/month):
AWS Fargate is not billed per request — it uses serverless containers (vcpu-hour + gb-hour), so a per-request figure is not comparable. On-demand (US East N. Virginia): $0.04048 per vCPU-hour + $0.004445 per GB-hour. A 0.25 vCPU / 0.5 GB task is ~$10.50/month always-on. No scale-to-zero by itself (tasks run until stopped). Spot up to 70% off. Use the platform's own model for this workload.
Computed from the committed June 2026 snapshot rates. See the calculator to change the assumptions, and methodology for the formula.
Cost pros & cons
Where AWS Fargate saves money
- Run long-lived containers without managing servers
- Per-second billing with Spot (up to 70% off) and Savings Plans (up to 50% off)
- No per-request limits or cold-start ceiling on running tasks
Watch-outs
- No scale-to-zero on its own — tasks bill while running
- No free tier
- More expensive than EC2 for steady, predictable load
AWS Fargate vs similar platforms
How AWS Fargate compares with related serverless platforms on the headline rates:
| Platform | Model | Per 1M req | Per GB-s | Egress |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS Fargate (this platform) | Serverless containers (vCPU-hour + GB-hour) | Not request-priced | n/a | $0.09/GB |
| Fly.io Machines | Micro-VMs (per-second, scale-to-zero) | Not request-priced | n/a | $0.02/GB |
| AWS Lambda | FaaS (request + GB-second) | $0.20 / 1M | $0.0000167 / GB-s | $0.09/GB |
| Cloudflare Workers | Edge FaaS (request + CPU-ms) | $0.30 / 1M | n/a | Free |
| Google Cloud Run | Serverless containers (vCPU-s + GiB-s + request) | $0.40 / 1M | $0.0000025 / GB-s | varies |
| Google Cloud Functions | FaaS (now on Cloud Run model) | $0.40 / 1M | $0.0000025 / GB-s | varies |
Frequently asked questions
How much does AWS Fargate cost?
On-demand (US East N. Virginia): $0.04048 per vCPU-hour + $0.004445 per GB-hour. A 0.25 vCPU / 0.5 GB task is ~$10.50/month always-on. No scale-to-zero by itself (tasks run until stopped). Spot up to 70% off. Snapshot June 2026 — verify on the vendor's pricing page.
Does AWS Fargate have a free tier?
Not a perpetual free runtime. No always-free tier. Billed per second (1-minute minimum). On-demand US East: $0.04048/vCPU-hour + $0.004445/GB-hour. Fargate Spot up to ~70% cheaper; Savings Plans up to ~50%.
Does AWS Fargate scale to zero?
No — AWS Fargate bills for resources while they run rather than scaling to zero on its own. No free tier; billed per second (1-minute minimum) while tasks run.
What does AWS Fargate charge for egress?
Standard AWS egress (first 100 GB/month free, then ~$0.09/GB). Egress is one of the most overlooked serverless costs, so model your outbound data when comparing platforms.
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Source & accuracy
Figures are a dated snapshot from Amazon Web Services's pricing page (snapshot captured June 2026). The worked example is a transparent calculation over those inputs (see methodology). Serverless pricing is volatile and varies by region, memory tier and discounts — verify current prices on the vendor's page before relying on them. This is an informational comparison, not a quote.
Last updated: 2026-06-21