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Why it is important to know Pricing components?

Pricing components in AWS-WAF.

Why it is important to know Pricing components?

Understanding the pricing of AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall) is important for several reasons:

A)Cost Management:

Budget Planning:

• Knowing the pricing helps in accurately budgeting for your AWS services.

Cost Optimization:

• Understanding how AWS WAF pricing works allows you to optimize your usage

Efficient Resource Use:

• By understanding the pricing model, you can allocate your resources more effectively.

B)Compliance and Security

Compliance Costs:

• For organizations that need to comply with specific regulatory requirements, understanding the costs associated with AWS WAF can help in planning for compliance-related expenditures.

Pricing components

AWS WAF charges are based on the number of web access control lists (web ACLs) that you create, the number of rules that you add per web ACL, and the number of web requests that you receive. There are no upfront commitments. AWS WAF charges are in addition to Amazon CloudFront pricing, AWS Cognito pricing, Application Load Balancer (ALB) pricing, Amazon API Gateway pricing, or AWS AppSync pricing.

Below are the components:

a)AWS WAF-You will be charged for each web ACL that you create and each rule that you create per web ACL.In addition, you will be charged for the number of web requests processed by the web ACL. Pricing may vary across AWS Regions. Monthly fees are prorated hourly. Pricing for AWS WAF Classic is the same as shown in the table below.

You will be charged per each CAPTCHA attempt and Challenge response as per the table below.

b)AWS WAF Bot Control- AWS WAF Bot Control are AWS Managed Rules.The cost saving you receive from enabling AWS Shield Advanced resource protection does not apply to security features listed in the following table.

c) AWS WAF Fraud Control - AWS WAF Fraud Control are AWS Managed Rules that protects your login and sign-up pages against attacks such as credential stuffing, credential cracking and fake account creation attacks. You will be charged a request fee as per the following table for the total requests analyzed by Account Takeover Prevention and Account Creation Fraud Prevention.