Amazon EKS Pricing
Every Amazon EKS plan with its monthly and annual price, what it costs for common team sizes, and a calculator to estimate your own monthly cost before you buy.
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Plans and prices
| Plan | Monthly billing | Annual billing (per month) | Per user or flat | Users | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard support cluster | $73/mo | $73/mo | Flat | No limit listed | No |
| Extended support cluster | $438/mo | $438/mo | Flat | No limit listed | No |
| EKS Anywhere Enterprise Subscription (1-year) | $2,000/mo | $2,000/mo | Flat | No limit listed | No |
Prices last updated November 2026.
What each Amazon EKS plan includes
Standard support cluster
- 99.95% monthly uptime SLA
- No minimum fee or upfront commitment
- Control plane runs across three Availability Zones
- Worker node compute, storage, and networking billed separately
- $0.10 per cluster per hour, billed only while the cluster exists
- Covers the first 14 months after a Kubernetes version is released
Extended support cluster
- Not available for local clusters on Outposts
- Version use for up to 26 months from release
- Adds 12 more months of support after standard support ends
- $0.60 per cluster per hour ($0.10 standard plus $0.50 extended)
EKS Anywhere Enterprise Subscription (1-year)
- Extended Kubernetes version support
- Flat price per cluster, regardless of cluster size
- Support for licensed on-premises EKS Anywhere clusters
- 3-year term costs $18,000 per cluster per year ($1,500 per month)
- Curated Packages for load balancing, observability, and autoscaling
- Requires AWS Enterprise Support or Enterprise On-Ramp, billed separately
What Amazon EKS costs by team size
| Team size | 1 user | 5 users | 10 users | 25 users | 50 users |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $73/moStandard support cluster | $73/moStandard support cluster | $73/moStandard support cluster | $73/moStandard support cluster | $73/moStandard support cluster |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges.
Add-ons
| Add-on | Monthly billing | Annual billing (per month) | Charged |
|---|---|---|---|
| EKS Auto ModeAWS manages node provisioning, scaling, OS patching, and core add-ons. Billed per second on top of EC2 charges, with the fee varying by instance type (for example $0.03672 per hour for c6a.2xlarge). | Not listed | Not listed | Per EC2 instance |
| Provisioned Control Plane 2XLLarger control plane scaling tier with a 99.99% SLA. Charged on top of the cluster fee. | $2,482 | Not listed | Per cluster ($3.40 per hour) |
| Provisioned Control Plane 4XLControl plane scaling tier for very large clusters. Charged on top of the cluster fee. | $5,037 | Not listed | Per cluster ($6.90 per hour) |
| Provisioned Control Plane 8XLLargest published control plane tier. Larger tiers are available through the AWS account team. | $10,147 | Not listed | Per cluster ($13.90 per hour) |
| Provisioned Control Plane XLScaling tier for predictable control plane performance. Raises the SLA to 99.99%. Charged on top of the cluster fee. | $1,204.50 | Not listed | Per cluster ($1.65 per hour) |
Usage pricing
| Metric | Plan | Included per month | Price after that |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cluster control plane | Standard support | None | $0.10 per cluster-hour |
| Cluster control plane | Extended support | None | $0.60 per cluster-hour |
| Hybrid Nodes vCPU usage | First 576,000 vCPU-hours per month | None | $0.02 per vCPU-hour |
| Hybrid Nodes vCPU usage | Over 11,520,000 vCPU-hours | None | $0.006 per vCPU-hour |
| Hybrid Nodes vCPU usage | Next 5,760,000 vCPU-hours | None | $0.008 per vCPU-hour |
| Hybrid Nodes vCPU usage | Next 576,000 vCPU-hours | None | $0.014 per vCPU-hour |
| Hybrid Nodes vCPU usage | Next 4,608,000 vCPU-hours | None | $0.01 per vCPU-hour |
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Amazon EKS pricing FAQs
Each cluster costs $0.10 per hour, about $73 per month, while its Kubernetes version is in standard support. That rises to $0.60 per hour in extended support. Worker nodes, Fargate pods, storage, and networking are billed separately, and there are no minimum fees or upfront commitments.
The standard control plane is backed by a 99.95% monthly uptime SLA, and Provisioned Control Plane tiers by a 99.99% SLA. Credits are 10%, 25%, or 100% of the affected control plane charges, depending on how far uptime fell. Claims must be filed through AWS Support within two billing cycles.
Yes. EKS Hybrid Nodes attach on-premises machines to an EKS cluster for a per-vCPU-hour fee. EKS Anywhere runs customer-managed clusters, including air-gapped ones. Its support subscription costs $24,000 per cluster per year on a 1-year term, or $18,000 per year on a 3-year term, and requires AWS Enterprise Support.
Auto Mode has AWS provision, scale, and patch nodes and manage core add-ons. It is billed per second on top of EC2 prices, at a rate that varies by instance type. Nodes are replaced after 14 days by default, which can be configured up to 21 days. SSH and SSM access to these instances is not allowed.
No, Amazon EKS does not list a free plan. Its cheapest paid plan is Standard support cluster, at $73/mo billed monthly.
Amazon EKS lists 3 plans. The cheapest paid plan is Standard support cluster, at $73/mo billed monthly.
Amazon EKS's Standard support cluster plan, at $73/mo billed monthly, includes 99.95% monthly uptime SLA, No minimum fee or upfront commitment, Control plane runs across three Availability Zones, Worker node compute, storage, and networking billed separately, $0.10 per cluster per hour, billed only while the cluster exists and Covers the first 14 months after a Kubernetes version is released.
Amazon EKS costs about $73/mo for 10 users on its Standard support cluster plan, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges.
No. Every Amazon EKS paid plan with a listed price is a flat monthly price, whatever the team size.
Nothing: billed annually, Amazon EKS costs the same per month as billed monthly.
Yes. Amazon EKS sells add-ons on top of its plans: EKS Auto Mode, Provisioned Control Plane 2XL, Provisioned Control Plane 4XL and 2 more. It also charges by usage for Cluster control plane and Hybrid Nodes vCPU usage, past what the plan includes.