AWS Elastic Beanstalk
The facts below are what the maker publishes about AWS Elastic Beanstalk, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From AWS Elastic Beanstalk's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Elastic Beanstalk Standard | Free | Standard mode only · new AWS accounts during the 6-month AWS Free Tier period · AWS Free Tier credit pool applies · No additional Elastic Beanstalk charge; pay for the AWS resources used. |
| Elastic Beanstalk Cluster | Priced on request | Not Free Tier eligible · charges depend on compute, load balancing, observability, and other resources used · Standard AWS resource rates apply, including Amazon EKS cluster and EKS Auto Mode fees. |
The facts
Each one read from AWS Elastic Beanstalk's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Compliance
- AWS says its compliance certifications and attestations are assessed by independent third-party auditors and customers remain responsible for applicable compliance obligations.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Deployment modes
- Standard runs applications on Amazon EC2, while Cluster runs them on Amazon EKS.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Infrastructure as code
- Environments can be defined with AWS CloudFormation or Terraform through the AWS provider.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The documentation describes CI/CD deployment using CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, GitLab, and Azure DevOps.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- AWS describes use cases including migrating traditional web applications, hosting individual containers, and deploying applications without deep cloud expertise.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Interfaces
- Users can interact through the web console, AWS CLI, official GitHub Action, or EB CLI.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Monitoring
- Elastic Beanstalk provides health monitoring, and application metrics, events, and environment status are available through its console, APIs, and command line interfaces.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Pricing
- Elastic Beanstalk has no additional service charge, but users pay for underlying AWS resources and Cluster mode also incurs managed EKS charges.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Elastic Beanstalk deploys web applications to AWS and provisions compute, load balancing, health monitoring, and scaling.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security responsibility
- AWS describes security as shared: AWS protects the cloud infrastructure, while customers are responsible for security in the cloud based on their service use and circumstances.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Supported stacks
- Supported applications include Go, Java, .NET, Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby, and Docker containers.checked 8 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform maintenance limit
- When a platform branch is retired, AWS stops providing maintenance and security updates and technical support for it.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Windows feature limit
- The .NET on Windows Server platform does not support worker environments.checked 8 Oct 2026
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