AWS – AWS WAF now includes free WAF Vended Logs based on request volume

AWS WAF now includes 500 MB of CloudWatch Logs Vended Logs Ingestion for every 1 million WAF requests processed, at no additional cost. This helps customers better manage their WAF logging costs while maintaining comprehensive security visibility.

WAF logs in CloudWatch provide valuable insights for security analysis, compliance, and troubleshooting. Customers can leverage CloudWatch’s advanced analytics capabilities, including Log Insights queries, anomaly detection, and dashboards, to monitor and analyze their web application traffic patterns and security events. The included logs allocation is automatically applied based on WAF requests usage on your AWS bill at month end, making it easy to take advantage of the new pricing.

The free WAF logs allocation is across WAF specific Vended Logs to CloudWatch, S3, and Firehose. Usage beyond the included 500 MB per 1 million WAF requests will be charged at AWS WAF specific Vended Logs pricing in CloudWatch. For pricing details, please visit the AWS WAF pricing page.

To learn more about WAF logging capabilities and how to get started, visit the AWS WAF documentation.

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