--- source_url: "https://aws.amazon.com/cognito/pricing/?utm_source=openai" title: Amazon Cognito - Pricing mirrored_at: 2026-08-13T01:04:27.882Z host: aws.amazon.com cited_in_42a: true mirror_canonical: "https://index.42a.ai/aws.amazon.com/cognito/pricing/index__q__utm_source_openai" --- > **Original source:** https://aws.amazon.com/cognito/pricing/?utm_source=openai - Essentials - You pay for Amazon Cognito Essentials based on monthly active users (MAUs) in your user pool configured with pricing tier of Essentials. A user is counted as Essentials MAU if the user is active at least once in a month when the user pool pricing tier is configured as Essentials and was never active when the user pool was configured as Plus. Essentials will be the default tier for new users pools created by customers. Customers have the flexibility to switch their user pools between the Lite, Essentials, or Plus tiers anytime based on their application needs. **Note**: Customers are eligible to upgrade their user pools without advanced security features (ASF) in their existing accounts to Essentials and pay the same price as Cognito user pools until November 30, 2025. To be eligible, customers' accounts must have had at least 1 MAU in the last 12 months on or before 10:00am Pacific Time, November 22, 2024. These customers are also eligible to create new user pools with Essentials tier at the same price as Cognito users pools in those accounts until November 30, 2025. There is separate pricing for users who sign in directly with their credentials from a user pool (includes social identity providers) and for users who sign in through an enterprise directory with SAML federation. For users who sign in through SAML or OIDC federation, the price for MAUs above the 50 MAU free tier is $0.015. This is the same pricing as previously listed before November 22, 2024. For users who sign in directly with their credentials from a user pool (includes social identity providers), their price per MAU is listed in the table below. **SMS messages for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)** Separate pricing applies for sending SMS messages for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), user registration, password recovery, and phone number verification. Amazon Cognito uses Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) to send SMS messages, and you can reference [Amazon SNS pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/sns/sms-pricing/). **Email messages for user verification** Separate pricing applies for sending email messages for user registration, password recovery, and email address verification. Amazon Cognito uses Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) to send email messages, and you can reference [Amazon SES pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/). - ### Example 1: Your user pool is configured with Amazon Cognito Essentials as pricing tier If your Cognito user pool has 950,000 MAUs and all MAUs sign-in directly or via social identity providers, then your monthly bill will be computed as follows: Total number of MAUs billed above the 10,000 MAU free tier = 950,000 – 10,000 = 940,000 Price / MAU charged above the free tier = $0.015 Total monthly bill = $0.015 x 940,000 = $14,100 **Cognito Essentials MAU cost (monthly): $14,100** - ### Example 2: Your user pool is configured with Amazon Cognito Essentials as pricing tier and you have active users signing in via SAML/OIDC federation. If your Cognito user pool has 950,000 MAUs and out of these MAUs, 945,000 MAUs sign-in directly or via social identity providers, and 5,000 MAUs sign-in via SAML/OIDC federation, then your monthly bill will be computed as follows: **Bill for users signing-in directly or via social identity providers** Total number of MAUs billed above the 10,000 MAU free tier = 945,000 – 10,000 = 935,000 Price / MAU charged above the free tier for Essentials tier = $0.015 Monthly bill = $0.015 x 935,000 = $14,025 **Bill for users signing-in via SAML/OIDC providers** Total number of MAUs billed above the 50 MAU free tier = 5,000 - 50 = 4,950 Price / MAU charged above the free tier for login via SAML/OIDC providers = $0.015 Monthly bill = $0.015 x 4,950 = $74.25 Total Cognito monthly bill = $14,025 + $74.25 = $14,099.25 - Plus - You pay for Amazon Cognito Plus based on monthly active users (MAUs) in your user pool configured with pricing tier of Plus. A user is counted as Plus MAU if the user is active at least once in a month when the user pool pricing tier is configured as Plus. **Note**: Customers with accounts using Amazon Cognito user pools configured with Advanced Security Features (ASF) can save up to 60% on their monthly bill by configuring their user pool with Plus pricing tier. There is separate pricing for users who sign in directly with their credentials from a user pool (includes social identity providers) and for users who sign in through an enterprise directory with SAML federation. For users who sign in through SAML or OIDC federation, the price for MAUs above the 50 MAU free tier is $0.015. This is the same pricing as previously listed before November 22, 2024. For users who sign in directly with their credentials from a user pool (includes social identity providers), their price per MAU is listed in the table below. **SMS messages for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)** Separate pricing applies for sending SMS messages for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), user registration, password recovery, and phone number verification. Amazon Cognito uses Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) to send SMS messages, and you can reference [Amazon SNS pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/sns/sms-pricing/). **Email messages for user verification** Separate pricing applies for sending email messages for user registration, password recovery, and email address verification. Amazon Cognito uses Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) to send email messages, and you can reference [Amazon SES pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/). - ### Example: Your user pool is configured with Amazon Cognito Plus as pricing tier If your Cognito user pool has 950,000 MAUs and all MAUs sign-in directly or via social identity providers, then your monthly bill will be computed as follows: Total number of MAUs billed above the 0 MAU free tier = 950,000 – 0 = 950,000 Price / MAU charged above the free tier = $0.020 Total monthly bill = $0.020 x 950,000 = $19,000 **Cognito Plus MAU cost (monthly): $19,000** - Lite - You pay for Amazon Cognito Lite based on monthly active users (MAUs) in your user pool configured with pricing tier of Lite. A user is counted as Lite MAU if the user is active at least once in a month when the user pool pricing tier is configured as Lite and was never active when the user pool was configured as Essentials or Plus. **Note**:  1. Customers with existing user pools created on or before 10:00am Pacific Time, November 22, 2024 will continue having a free tier of first 50,000 MAUs. Advanced Security Features (ASF) will continue to be priced separately and will not have a free tier, just like it has been priced previously. 2. Additionally, customers are eligible to create new user pools with Lite tier in their existing accounts and count those MAUs against the free tier of first 50,000 MAUs. To be eligible, customers' accounts must have had at least 1 MAU in the last 12 months on or before 10:00am Pacific Time, November 22, 2024. There is separate pricing for users who sign in directly with their credentials from a user pool (includes social identity providers) and for users who sign in through an enterprise directory with SAML federation. For users who sign in through SAML or OIDC federation, the price for MAUs above the 50 MAU free tier is $0.015. This is the same pricing as previously listed before November 22, 2024. For users who sign in directly with their credentials from a user pool (includes social identity providers), their price per MAU is listed in the table below. With the exception of free tier MAUs, the price per MAU is the same as previously listed for Cognito user pools before November 22, 2024. Refer to Notes (1) and (2) on scenarios where customers continue to have a free tier of 50,000 MAUs. Advanced Security Features If you enable advanced security features for Amazon Cognito, additional prices apply for monthly active users as shown in the table below. This includes audit mode. ASF pricing is the same as the pricing was listed before November 22, 2024. Advanced security features include [compromised credentials detection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-user-pool-settings-advanced-security.html), [adaptive authentication](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/cognito-user-pool-settings-advanced-security.html), [advanced security metrics](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/user-pool-settings-viewing-advanced-security-metrics.html), and [access token customization](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cognito/latest/developerguide/user-pool-lambda-pre-token-generation.html#user-pool-lambda-pre-token-generation-accesstoken). If you enable advanced security features for Amazon Cognito, additional prices apply for monthly active users as shown in the table below. This includes audit mode. \*\*Advanced security features isn't available in the AWS GovCloud (US-West) region\*\*. The prices for the advanced security features for Amazon Cognito are in addition to the base prices for active users. For example, if you enable these advanced security features for a user pool with 100,000 monthly active users, your monthly bill would be $495 for the base price for active users ($0.0055 per MAU past the 10,000 free tier) plus $4,250 for the advanced security features ($0.05 per MAU for the first 50,000 plus $0.035 per MAU for the next 50,000) for a total of $4,745. **SMS messages for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)** Separate pricing applies for sending SMS messages for Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), user registration, password recovery, and phone number verification. Amazon Cognito uses Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) to send SMS messages, and you can reference [Amazon SNS pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/sns/sms-pricing/). **Email messages for user verification** Separate pricing applies for sending email messages for user registration, password recovery, and email address verification. Amazon Cognito uses Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) to send email messages, and you can reference [Amazon SES pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/). - ### Example 1: Your user pool is configured with Amazon Cognito Lite as pricing tier If your Cognito user pool has 950,000 MAUs and all MAUs sign-in directly or via social identity providers, then your monthly bill will be computed as follows: Total number of MAUs billed above the 10,000 MAU free tier = 950,000 – 10,000 = 940,000 Tiered price for: 940,000 MAUs 90,000 MAUs x $0.0055 = $495 850,000 MAUs x $0.0046 = $3,910 Total monthly bill = $495 + $3,910 = $4,405 **Cognito Lite MAU cost (monthly): $4,405** - ### Example 2: Your user pool is configured with Amazon Cognito Lite as pricing tier with ASF enabled If your Cognito user pool has 950,000 MAUs and all MAUs sign-in directly or via social identity providers, then your monthly bill will be computed as follows: Total number of MAUs billed above the 10,000 MAU free tier = 950,000 – 10,000 = 940,000 **Cognito Lite cost** Tiered price for: 940,000 MAUs 90,000 MAUs x $0.0055 = $495 850,000 MAUs x $0.0046 = $3,910 Total monthly bill = $495 + $3,910 = $4,405 **Cognito Lite MAU cost (monthly): $4,405** **ASF cost as add-on** Tiered price for: 950,000.00 MAUs 50,000 MAUs x $0.05 = $2,500 50,000 MAUs x $0.035 = $1,750 850,000 MAUs x $0.02 = $17,000 Total ASF cost per month: $2,500 + $1,750+ $17,000 = $21,250 (ASF MAUs) **Advanced security feature cost (monthly): 21,250 USD** **Cognito MAU cost (monthly): $4,405 + $21,250 = $25,655**