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Am I charged for AWS Application Load Balancer if it's not handling any requests?

I am considering using AWS Application Load Balancer, but the pricing description says:

You are charged for each hour or partial hour that an Application Load Balancer is running, and the number of Load Balancer Capacity Units (LCU) used per hour.

Does this mean if the load balancer is idle and not serving any requests, it is still charging me per hour? I'm concerned I will be paying for it even when it's not doing anything.

Solution

  • Yes, that is correct.

    As per the Application and Network Traffic Distribution - Elastic Load Balancing Pricing - AWS page:

    For Application Load Balancers in the AWS Region:

    $0.0225 per Application Load Balancer-hour (or partial hour)
    $0.008 per LCU-hour (or partial hour)

    Thus, even if it is not handling any traffic, you will be charged $0.0225 per Application Load Balancer-hour (or partial hour).

    (Pricing might vary by Region.)