AWS App Runner
The facts below are what the maker publishes about AWS App Runner, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From AWS App Runner's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| AWS App Runner | $0.01 a month | Provisioned memory: $0.007 / GB-hour in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), and Europe (Ireland); Asia Pacific (Tokyo): $0.009 / GB-hour · Active compute: $0.064 / vCPU-hour in listed regions; Tokyo: $0.081 / vCPU-hour · Supported configurations: 0.25–4 vCPU, 0.5–12 GB memory · Usage-based; $0.007 / GB-hour for provisioned container memory in listed regions. Active instances: $0.064 / vCPU-hour and $0.007 / GB-hour. Additional build and automated deployment fees may apply. |
The facts
Each one read from AWS App Runner's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Additional charges
- Use of other AWS services and data transfer may incur additional charges, including CloudWatch usage for application logging.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Audience
- AWS describes App Runner as suitable for small teams bringing applications to market and enterprises streamlining DevOps practices.checked 9 Oct 2026
- AWS integrations
- App Runner connects to AWS database, cache, and message queue services that support applications.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Deployment options
- Automatic deployments can build a container image after changes to a source code deployment branch and then trigger deployment.checked 9 Oct 2026
- End of support notice
- AWS App Runner stopped accepting new customers on April 30, 2026; existing services remain operational and accessible, and AWS does not plan new features.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Managed service
- App Runner automatically builds and deploys web applications, load balances traffic with encryption, and scales to meet traffic needs.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Private networking
- App Runner lets users configure how services are accessed and communicate with other AWS applications in a private Amazon VPC.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Provisioned instances
- Provisioned container memory is billed while an application is deployed, including when it is idle; the default minimum is one provisioned container instance.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- AWS App Runner deploys web applications and APIs at scale.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Recommended alternative
- AWS recommends Amazon ECS Express Mode for deploying and running containerized applications.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Scaling limits
- Customers can set a maximum number of active container instances to limit costs.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security and compliance
- AWS describes App Runner as providing built-in security and compliance capabilities.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Use cases
- AWS lists API services, backend web services, websites, and running thousands of microservices as use cases.checked 9 Oct 2026
Money
- Usage billing
- Customers pay for compute and memory resources used, and source deployments incur a build fee based on build time.checked 9 Oct 2026
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