AWS Secrets Manager Cost Calculator | Pricing

AWS Secrets Manager cost calculator: price secrets, replicas and API calls each month, then compare the bill with SSM Parameter Store standard and advanced.

Also known as: aws secrets manager cost calculator · aws secrets manager pricing · secrets manager pricing calculator · aws secrets manager cost per secret · secrets manager vs parameter store cost · ssm parameter store pricing · aws secrets manager api call pricing · secrets manager replica pricing · parameter store advanced parameter cost

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Usage

50 secrets

Number of secrets

distinct secrets or parameters

Regions per secret

1 = no replicas

Reads per secret per day

after any client-side caching

Peak reads per second

busiest Region

Average value size (KB)

1 KB = 1,024 bytes

Customer managed KMS keys

0 = AWS managed keys only

Parameter Store tier

Include KMS request charges

One KMS Decrypt per read, $0.03 per 10,000 after 20,000 free requests a month.

Secrets Manager: $0.40 per secret per month (each replica counts), $0.05 per 10,000 API calls.

Parameter Store: standard parameters free, advanced $0.05 per parameter per month, $0.05 per 10,000 interactions when billable.

Months are 30 days, matching AWS's own pricing examples.

Monthly Cost

Your monthly Secrets Manager bill, the Parameter Store equivalent and the line items behind both will appear here.

About AWS Secrets Manager Cost Calculator

An AWS Secrets Manager cost calculator turns a secret count and read rate into a monthly bill before it shows up on your invoice. It prices each secret and replica at $0.40 a month plus $0.05 per 10,000 API calls, then works out the same workload on SSM Parameter Store, where standard parameters are free but have size, count and throughput limits.

Key Features

Monthly and annual cost for Secrets Manager secrets, cross-Region replicas and API calls
Side-by-side Parameter Store price with standard and advanced tiers chosen automatically
Detects when values over 4 KB, more than 10,000 parameters or over 40 TPS change the price
Optional customer managed KMS key and KMS Decrypt request charges
Flags workloads that exceed the 64 KB secret size, 8 KB parameter size or 10,000 TPS limits
Every line item shows the arithmetic behind it, copyable as a plain-text estimate

Use Cases

Budget secrets for a new SaaS service running in us-east-1 with a replica in us-west-2
Decide whether database passwords and API keys belong in Secrets Manager or Parameter Store
Explain a jump in the AWS bill after a Lambda function started reading a secret on every invocation
Show finance what client-side caching saves by cutting reads per secret per day
Size a SOC 2 or HIPAA project that requires rotation and a customer managed KMS key
Compare the cost of replicating secrets to a disaster recovery Region before you turn it on

Supported Formats

US dollars

30-day month

All commercial AWS Regions

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Is AWS Secrets Manager worth it over Parameter Store?

It depends on what you need beyond storage. Parameter Store's standard tier stores up to 10,000 parameters of 4 KB each per Region for free, and SecureString parameters are encrypted with KMS, so for static configuration and secrets you rotate yourself it is often the cheaper choice by a wide margin. Secrets Manager charges $0.40 per secret per month, but adds managed rotation for Amazon RDS, Redshift and DocumentDB credentials, native replication to other Regions, 64 KB values and higher default read throughput. A common split is Secrets Manager for credentials that must rotate automatically and Parameter Store for everything else. Whichever you pick, cache values in your application: a Lambda function that fetches a secret on every invocation can turn a few cents of API calls into real money at scale.

Privacy & Security

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Frequently asked questions

What is AWS Secrets Manager Cost Calculator used for?

AWS Secrets Manager cost calculator: price secrets, replicas and API calls each month, then compare the bill with SSM Parameter Store standard and advanced.

Is AWS Secrets Manager Cost Calculator free to use?

Yes. AWS Secrets Manager Cost Calculator is completely free with no usage limits, and there is no paid tier required to use it.

Do I need an account to use AWS Secrets Manager Cost Calculator?

No. AWS Secrets Manager Cost Calculator works immediately in your browser with no signup, login, or email address required.

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