# AWS Monitoring: One Stack, Every AWS Service > Monitor AWS services with real-time analytics and cost-effective observability. Integrates with CloudWatch, Kinesis, and CloudTrail. Start monitoring free. Source: https://openobserve.ai/aws-monitoring/ --- One CloudFormation stack deploys every service you select, fully parameterized. - [Start Free Cloud Trial](https://cloud.openobserve.ai/web/login/) - [Talk to a Human](/demo/) ## Native AWS integrations Connect your AWS estate in minutes. OpenObserve ingests directly from the services you already run - no agents, no custom glue code. ### Full-Fleet Visibility CloudWatch, VPC Flow Logs, ALB, and Lambda telemetry in one place, across one region or every region. ### One-Click Setup Select your services, deploy a single CloudFormation stack, done. No per-service wiring. ### Retention Without the Bill Keep a full year of AWS history at a fraction of the cost of index-heavy tools. ## Why Use OpenObserve for AWS Monitoring? ### Unified AWS Ingestion - **CloudFormation Stack Deployment** - Deploy monitoring for every AWS service you select in a single step. One CloudFormation stack replaces service-by-service setup. - **Multi-Region Rollout via StackSets** - Extend monitoring to every region without repeating setup per account. StackSets deploy the same stack across your entire AWS footprint. ### Native Service Coverage - **Native CloudWatch and VPC Flow Log Ingestion** - Get logs and metrics from CloudWatch, VPC Flow Logs, ALB, and Lambda without writing custom parsers. - **Cross-Service Correlation** - See the complete path a request took across your AWS estate. Logs, metrics, and traces are correlated automatically. ### Long-Term, Affordable Storage - **Columnar Storage for AWS Telemetry** - Keep a full year of AWS telemetry without the cost forcing shorter retention. Columnar storage compresses data without slowing down queries. - **Full-Fidelity Indexing** - Never lose the record you need during an incident. Every log and metric is indexed, not sampled. ### Fast Time to Dashboard - **Prebuilt AWS Dashboards** - Start monitoring without building dashboards first. Common AWS views ship ready to use. - **Built-In Alerting** - Set thresholds the moment data arrives, without wiring a separate alerting pipeline. ## Measured against industry leaders Same telemetry, same workloads, one platform. Every number is OpenObserve against a named vendor - not an industry average. 8x cost reduction means you can unify your observability into a single platform. 140x storage means longer retention doesn't necessarily mean expensive bills. 5x to 15x faster queries mean dashboards load in milliseconds, not minutes. See how much you'd save switching today. - [Calculate Your Savings](/datadog_pricing_comparison/) ## Teams trust OpenObserve with their AWS monitoring ## Start in just a few steps From zero to AWS dashboards in minutes - no agents to babysit, no pipelines to wire by hand. ### Sign up Spin up a free OpenObserve Cloud account in the region closest to you. ### Connect your data Point Kinesis Firehose or CloudWatch at OpenObserve and load prebuilt AWS dashboards in a couple of clicks. ### Visualize Watch logs, metrics, and traces stream in - correlated and query-ready from the first event. - [See the guide](https://openobserve.ai/docs/integration/cloud/aws/quick-setup/) ## Explore guides, videos, and articles to help you get the most out of AWS monitoring. ### How to Monitor AWS Resources [Learn more](https://openobserve.ai/docs/integration/cloud/aws/) ### Stream AWS CloudWatch Logs to Amazon Kinesis Firehose [Learn more](/blog/how-to-stream-aws-cloudwatch-logs-to-amazon-kinesis-firehose/) ### AWS Quick Integration Setup [Learn more](https://openobserve.ai/docs/integration/cloud/aws/quick-setup/) - [Explore All Blogs](/blog/) ## AWS Monitoring FAQs ### How does OpenObserve collect AWS logs and metrics? OpenObserve offers multiple ingestion methods: - Kinesis Data Firehose for log delivery from various AWS services - Direct CloudWatch integration for metrics - AWS Lambda function logs through Kinesis Firehose - Custom metrics via API endpoints - All AWS services can send their logs via S3 to Openobserve Refer to our detailed setup guides here ### Which AWS services can I monitor with OpenObserve? OpenObserve supports monitoring for all AWS services, including but not limited to: - CloudWatch Logs and Metrics - CloudTrail Logs for API activity - VPC Flow Logs for network monitoring - RDS Logs and Performance Metrics - Lambda Function Logs and Metrics - API Gateway Access Logs - Route 53 Query Logs - Application Load Balancer Logs - S3 Access Logs - WAF Logs Refer to our detailed setup guides here ### What's the typical setup process for AWS monitoring? The setup process varies by data source. For example, you may implement the following at a high level: Via Kinesis Data Firehose: - Create a Firehose delivery stream - Configure source AWS service to send logs to Firehose - Set up IAM roles and permissions - Configure OpenObserve endpoint in Firehose For CloudWatch Metrics: - Configure CloudWatch integration - Set up necessary IAM permissions - Select metrics to collect - Configure collection frequency Refer to our detailed setup guides here ### How does OpenObserve handle AWS log parsing? OpenObserve provides enrich, parse, reduce, redact & aggregate capabilities: - Automatic parsing for common AWS log formats. e.g. VPC flow logs - Vector Remap Language (VRL) and SQL for custom log parsing and analysis - JSON and structured log support - Field extraction, transformation capabilities - Support for multiple timestamp formats ### What query capabilities are available for AWS data? OpenObserve offers: - Support for SQL, VRL, and PromQL - Time-range based queries - Logs to metrics - Metric aggregations and functions - Log field filtering and search - Cross-service data correlation ## Ready to get started with AWS observability? Monitor every AWS service you run with prebuilt dashboards, metrics, and alerting rules. Pick the plan that fits your team. ### Cloud Free trial Fully managed OpenObserve in the cloud. Start with a free trial - no infrastructure to run. [Sign up free](https://cloud.openobserve.ai/web/login/) ### Enterprise Professional Self-hosted Enterprise, free up to 50GB. Advanced features for growing teams. [Download for free](/downloads/) ### Enterprise Premium Enterprise-grade support, SSO, and SLAs for large-scale, multi-region deployments. [Contact sales](/contact-sales/) - [See Pricing Details](/pricing/)