Amazon Rekognition reduces pricing of all Image APIs by up to 38%
Starting November 9, 2021, Amazon Rekognition Image APIs pricing has been reduced by up to 38% in all 14 supported regions. This price reduction will automatically reflect in customer bills starting from November 2021.
Starting November 9, 2021, Amazon Rekognition Image APIs pricing has been reduced by up to 38% in all 14 supported regions. This price reduction will automatically reflect in customer bills starting from November 2021.
Previously, all Amazon Rekognition Image APIs had the following pricing tiers billed by monthly usage, aggregated across all APIs:
- AWS Free Tier of 5 thousand images per month, within the first 12 months of usage
- Tier 1 of up to 1 million images at $0.001 per image
- Tier 2 from 1 - 10 million images at $0.0008 per image
- Tier 3 from 10 - 100 million images at $0.0006 per image
- Tier 4 above 100 million images at $0.0004 per image
With the price reduction, Amazon Rekognition Image APIs are categorized into Group 1 and Group 2 APIs, with the monthly usage aggregated separately across the two groups. Further, the pricing tiers and rates for Tier 2, Tier 3, and Tier 4 have been adjusted. The key changes are summarized below:
- Group 1 APIs include CompareFaces, IndexFaces, SearchFacebyImage, and SearchFaces
- Group 2 APIs include DetectFaces, DetectModerationLabels, DetectLabels, DetectText, RecognizeCelebrities, and DetectProtectiveEquipment
- AWS Free Tier of 5 thousand images per month, within first 12 months of usage
- Tier 1 of up to 1 million images per month at $0.001 per image
- Tier 2 is now from 1 - 5 million images per month at $0.0008 per image
- Tier 3 is now from 5 - 35 million images per month at $0.0006 per image
- Tier 4 is now for monthly usage above 35 million images per month at $0.0004 per image for Group 1 APIs and $0.00025 per image for Group 2 APIs
Customer savings vary based on monthly usage. For example, for a usage level of 60 million images per month, effective monthly price is $28,450 with new pricing versus $38,200 with old pricing, resulting in customer savings of 25.5%. And, for a usage level of 120 million images per month, effective monthly price is $43,450 with new pricing versus $70,200 with old pricing, resulting in customer savings of 38.1%. Referenced prices and savings are based on US East (N. Virginia) region pricing.
To learn more, please visit the Amazon Rekognition pricing page and get started in the Rekognition console.