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API Gateway Cost Calculator

Estimate what it costs to route your API traffic through AWS API Gateway, Kong Konnect, or Apigee. Adjust request volume and data transfer — the estimate updates live.

Estimated at $0.09/GB egress.
Estimated monthly cost $0.00 AWS API Gateway REST
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How this estimate is built

Total cost is a flat monthly base fee (zero for most providers, $500 for Apigee), plus your monthly request count divided by one million and multiplied by the provider's per-million-request rate, plus your data transfer volume multiplied by an estimated $0.09 per gigabyte egress rate.

It doesn't account for caching charges, WAF or authorizer add-ons, free-tier allowances, or volume discounts that kick in at higher request tiers. Treat this as a directional estimate for provider comparison, not an exact invoice.

Frequently asked questions

How is API gateway cost calculated?

Cost is a flat monthly base fee (if the plan has one) plus your monthly request count divided by one million times the provider's per-million-request rate, plus data transfer volume times an estimated per-GB egress rate.

Why does Apigee have a flat monthly fee when others don't?

Apigee targets enterprise API management with a subscription-style plan that bundles a request allowance, analytics, and governance tooling, whereas AWS API Gateway and Kong Konnect price primarily on a pay-as-you-go per-request basis.

Should I use REST API or HTTP API on AWS?

HTTP API is roughly a third of the cost of REST API on AWS and covers most modern use cases. REST API is worth the premium only if you need features like request validation, usage plans, or API keys that HTTP API doesn't support.

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