AWS IoT FleetWise allows you to collect, transform, and transfer vehicle data to the cloud in near real time. You pay for two dimensions when using AWS IoT FleetWise: by number of vehicles and by number of messages. You are charged according to a 3-tiered cost structure, based on the volume of vehicles and messages. You also incur additional charges as you use other AWS services in conjunction with AWS IoT FleetWise, such as AWS IoT Core and Amazon Timestream.
Vehicles
You pay for each active vehicle that you create on AWS IoT FleetWise (that is, per unique vehicle name). A vehicle is active once it connects or checks-in with AWS IoT FleetWise, even if no messages are sent. You are charged for each active vehicle, each month. Charges are not prorated for partial months, nor can you exchange one vehicle for another mid-month. If you remove a vehicle from AWS IoT FleetWise, you are no longer charged for that vehicle in following months.
Messages
Vehicles send data to the cloud through messages, which you are additionally billed for. Message size can vary and is metered in 5 KB increments, so a 7 KB message would be billed as two messages.
Other AWS services
You incur additional charges as you use other AWS services with AWS IoT FleetWise. Your Edge Agent sends messages in compressed form to AWS IoT Core, so there will be an accompanying cost incurred directly to AWS IoT Core. Vehicle data storage costs are also billed outside of AWS IoT FleetWise and incurred directly to storage services like Amazon Timestream. After AWS IoT FleetWise transforms the data, the data is stored in decompressed form in Amazon Timestream.
Pricing Tables
| Dimension | Pricing Tier |
Price (per unique vehicle per month) |
Volume Tier |
| Vehicle Costs | Tier 1 |
$0.60 | 0 to 10,000 |
| Vehicle Costs | Tier 2 |
$0.45 | 10,001 to 1,000,000 |
| Vehicle Costs | Tier 3 |
$0.35 | > 1,000,000 |
| Dimension | Pricing Tier |
Price (per million messages*) |
Volume Tier |
| Message Costs | Tier 1 |
$1.75 | 0 to 1 billion |
| Message Costs | Tier 2 |
$1.60 | > 1 billion to 500 billion |
| Message Costs | Tier 3 |
$1.45 | > 500 billion |
Pricing examples
Pricing example 1
A customer with 1,000 vehicles connected to AWS IoT FleetWise in the US East (N. Virginia) region collects basic vehicle telemetry data at 45 MB per vehicle per month. For this example, we assume that each car sends 15,000 messages per month sized at 3 KB per car (15,000*3 KB = 45 MB). The messages are sent through AWS IoT Core and stored in Amazon Timestream.
| Component | Units | Tier | Unit price | Total Costs |
| AWS IoT FleetWise vehicle costs | 1,000 vehicles | Vehicle cost Tier 1 | $0.60 per vehicle per month | $600 per month |
| AWS IoT FleetWise messaging costs | 15,000,000 messages (15,000 messages per vehicle per month) |
Messaging cost Tier 1 | $1.75 per million messages | $26.25 per month |
| AWS IoT Core costs (estimated) |
$0.0185 per vehicle per month | $18.50 per month | ||
| Amazon Timestream costs (estimated) |
$0.040 per vehicle per month | $40.00 per month |
To understand the customer’s annual (12-month) costs to use AWS IoT FleetWise for a 1,000-vehicle fleet, we summarize:
AWS IoT FleetWise vehicle costs:
$0.60 per vehicle * 1,000 vehicles * 12 months = $7,200.00
AWS IoT FleetWise messaging costs:
15,000 messages per vehicle * 1,000 vehicles * 12 months * $1.75 per million message / 1 million messages = $315.00
AWS IoT Core charges (estimated):
$0.0185 per vehicle per month * 1,000 vehicles * 12 months = $222.00
Amazon Timestream charges (estimated): $0.040 per vehicle per month * 1,000 vehicles * 12 months = $480.00
Total annual costs:
$7,200.00 AWS IoT FleetWise vehicle costs + $315.00 AWS IoT FleetWise messaging costs + $222.00
AWS IoT Core costs + $480.00 Amazon Timestream costs
Total = $8,217.00 per year
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