Model Message Volume Before Production
AWS IoT Core Pricing Calculator
Estimate connectivity, messaging, and Rules Engine costs at factory-floor scale — see when edge filtering pays for itself.
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Device fleet profile
us-east-1list rates, pricing as of 2026-10-17. Greengrass, IoT Analytics, and SiteWise excluded. MQTT pricing at $1/M messages (first 1B; $0.80/M next 4B, $0.70/M beyond). Source: AWS public pricing.
43200 min ≈ device connected 24/7.
10 msg/sec sensor ≈ 864K msgs/mo.
Greengrass/Lambda edge aggregation — typical 80–95% message reduction.
Estimated IoT Core Cost
Connectivity + messaging + rules
Total Monthly Cost
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Explore IoT Architecture →Who This Tool Is For
Industrial and edge platform teams sizing IoT Core before deploying sensors at factory-floor message rates.
Why We Built This Tool
IoT Core bills $1 per million MQTT messages — a single machine sending one reading every 3 seconds generates 864,000 messages per month before aggregation.
What Problem It Solves
- Message volume. Raw sensor telemetry scales linearly with device count — 500 machines can exceed $400/month in messaging alone.
- Rules Engine actions. Every rule trigger bills separately at $0.15 per million actions.
- No edge filter. Sending every reading to the cloud when only aggregates matter wastes 80–95% of messaging spend.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is MQTT messaging priced?
$1.00 per million messages in us-east-1 for the first billion each month, then $0.80 per million for the next 4 billion and $0.70 per million beyond. This includes publish and subscribe operations on MQTT and HTTP protocols.
What is a connection minute?
Each minute a device maintains an active connection to IoT Core counts as one connection minute. Pricing is $0.08 per million connection minutes.
How much does edge filtering save?
Typical Greengrass or Lambda edge aggregation reduces cloud message volume 80–95%. Use the edge filter slider to model your expected reduction.
Does this include AWS IoT Greengrass?
No. Greengrass runs on EC2 or edge hardware billed separately. This calculator covers IoT Core cloud-side metering only.
When do Rules Engine costs dominate?
High-frequency rules that fire on every message — especially those invoking Lambda or writing to multiple destinations — multiply action counts quickly.
Where do these prices come from?
AWS published us-east-1 list prices (IoT Core pricing), pricing as of 2026-10-17.
