What are the costs associated with AWS CloudTrail?

What are the costs associated with AWS CloudTrail?

AWS CloudTrail pricing is based on the number of events recorded. The first copy of management events is free, but additional copies and data events incur charges.

Can you explain what management events are?

Management events provide information about management operations performed on resources in your AWS account, like creating or deleting resources.

What are data events, and how do they differ from management events?

Data events provide insights into the resource operations performed on specific resources, such as S3 object-level API calls, while management events focus on the overall management of AWS resources.

Are there any ways to reduce the costs of using CloudTrail?

Yes, you can optimize costs by limiting the number of data events you log, using event selectors, and configuring CloudTrail to log only necessary events.