AWS CDK Pricing

AWS CDK Pricing Overview

AWS CDK is completely free to use as an open-source framework. There are no charges for using the CDK CLI or Construct Hub. The only costs incurred are for the AWS resources you provision through your CDK applications.

Framework Cost

The AWS CDK framework, including the CLI, core libraries, and AWS Construct Library, is free and open-source under the Apache 2.0 license. There are no licensing fees, per-user charges, or usage limits.

AWS Resource Costs

When you deploy infrastructure using CDK, you pay standard AWS pricing for the resources you create. This includes EC2 instances, Lambda functions, S3 storage, and all other AWS services. CDK does not add any premium on top of standard AWS pricing.

CloudFormation Costs

CDK synthesizes CloudFormation templates for deployment. AWS CloudFormation itself is a free service ΓÇö you only pay for the resources it provisions. There are no additional charges for CloudFormation template execution or stack management.

Total Cost of Ownership

AWS CDK has the lowest TCO among IaC tools since the framework is free and leverages existing AWS resource pricing. Organizations should consider the learning curve and development time, though CDK's use of familiar programming languages often reduces development time compared to YAML-based alternatives.