Amazon Interactive Video Service Pricing

For video input, you pay an hourly rate for video you send to Amazon IVS. Hourly rates vary by channel type (standard or basic). For a standard channel, a range of different quality outputs are generated from the original input which are designed to provide viewers the best experience for their device and network conditions. For a basic channel, Amazon IVS delivers the original input to viewers. Basic channels limit viewers' video quality choice to only that of the original input.

Note: The maximum input for a basic channel type is 1.5 Mbps for 480p resolution (SD), and 3.5 Mbps for 720p (HD) or 1080p (Full HD) resolutions. The maximum input for a standard channel is 8.5 Mbps and 1080p resolution (full HD)

All streams sent to Amazon IVS incur video input costs, even if they are not viewed. Video input usage is metered and rounded up to the nearest minute.

For video output, you pay an hourly rate for video delivered to viewers. Rates vary by resolution and billing region that the video is delivered from. Video output costs are tiered, so per hour rates decrease as usage increases. The billing region for the hourly output rate is determined by the location of viewers watching the streams. Amazon IVS attempts to deliver streams from an optimal location for each viewer for better stream performance and lower latency. The billing region is NOT where the channel configuration is created or the location of where the stream is sent to or ingested into Amazon IVS. For example, viewers in New York City are billed against the North America billing regions while viewers in São Paulo are billed against the Brazil billing region.

Video output is metered and rounded up to the nearest second.

For the Amazon IVS Chat feature, you pay for messages sent and messages delivered. Message sent costs are charged per message sent and for all other types of requests made to the Chat Messaging API, such as Delete Message and Disconnect User (see Documentation for all API request types). Message delivered costs are charged per message delivered to connected chat rooms. For example, if a chat user sends two messages while 1,000 users are connected to the chat room, that would be 2,000 delivered messages.

For every hour of video input sent for either basic or standard channels, you get 2,700 sent messages and 270,000 delivered messages at no cost. For example, if five hours of video input are sent, you would get 13,500 messages sent and 1,350,000 messages delivered without any additional cost.

As part of the AWS Free Usage Tier, you can get started with Amazon Interactive Video Service for free. Upon initial sign-up for an AWS account, new AWS customers receive five hours of live video input for a basic channel, 100 hours of SD live video output, 13,500 messages sent, and 270,000 messages delivered each month for the first 12 months.

Your usage for the free tier is calculated each month, is aggregated across all stream delivery locations, and is automatically applied to your bill—unused monthly usage will not roll over. Restrictions apply; see offer terms for more details.

Standard Definition (SD) is less than or equal to 480 resolution
High Definition (HD) is more than 480, but less than or equal to 720 resolution
Full High Definition (Full HD) is more than 720, but less than or equal to 1080 resolution

For live video input, you pay for the duration of live video sent to Amazon Interactive Video Service.

For live video output, you pay for the duration of live video delivered by Amazon Interactive Video Service to your viewers.

You incur a charge for each message sent using the Amazon IVS Chat Messaging API. Requests to SendMessage, SendEvent, DeleteMessage, or DisconnectUser are all charged at the same rate.

You also incur a charge for each message delivered to a chat room from the Amazon IVS Chat feature.