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Fargate Cost Calculator

Work out fargate cost instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.

About Fargate Cost Calculator

Fargate bills vCPU and memory separately per second, so cost is a linear function of the task definition rather than of instance sizes. Because vCPU is priced about nine times higher per unit than memory, over-allocating CPU is far more expensive than over-allocating memory — the opposite of the intuition from instance-based pricing.

Formula

Fargate cost

per task hourly = vCPU x vCPU rate + memory GB x memory rate; monthly = per task hourly x tasks x hours

Worked example

With the default values below, Fargate Cost Calculator returns Monthly Fargate cost of $720.80. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Tasks runningminimum 1
20
vCPU per taskaccepts 0.25–16
1
Memory per taskaccepts 0.5–120 GB
2 GB
Hours running per monthaccepts 0.1–730 h
730 h

Results

Monthly Fargate cost
$720.80
Hourly cost per task
$0.04937
Share of cost from vCPU
82.0%
Annual cost
$8,649.62

Step by step

  1. 1Values used
  2. 2Fargate cost
  3. 3Monthly Fargate cost= 720.80
  4. 4Hourly cost per task= 0.04937
  5. 5Share of cost from vCPU= 82.0
  6. 6Annual cost= 8,649.62

Assumptions and limits

  • The result is derived only from the 4 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
  • In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
  • Figures are rounded for display to 5 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Fargate more expensive than EC2?

Per unit of capacity, yes — typically 20 to 50 percent more. It removes instance management and bin-packing waste, which often recovers the difference at low to moderate scale.

How is Fargate cost reduced?

Right-size the task definition, use ARM-based tasks where supported, and use Fargate Spot for interruption-tolerant work at a large discount.

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