CloudWatch adds managed Prometheus collectors
Amazon CloudWatch now offers managed collectors for Prometheus metrics, removing the need to deploy and manage agents for services like EKS and EC2. This simplifies monitoring by automating collection and enabling unified querying with other AWS metrics via PromQL. The feature is available in most AWS regions and is charged hourly plus standard ingestion fees.
- →Managed collectors for Prometheus metrics
- →Unified metric querying and analysis
- →Broad service discovery support
- →Simplified Prometheus metric ingestion
- →Availability and pricing
Features (3) ›
- Managed collectors for Prometheus metrics
CloudWatch now provides fully managed collectors for Prometheus metrics, eliminating the need for users to deploy and manage agents. This supports monitoring for EKS, EC2, ECS, MSK, and OpenSearch Service workloads.
- Unified metric querying and analysis
Metrics collected via managed Prometheus collectors are delivered in OpenTelemetry format and can be queried alongside AWS vended metrics using PromQL. This enables unified alarming, dashboarding, and cross-service correlation within CloudWatch.
- Broad service discovery support
Managed collectors support various service discovery mechanisms, including Kubernetes service discovery for EKS, AWS Cloud Map for ECS, direct instance scraping for EC2, and open monitoring endpoints for MSK and OpenSearch.
Enhancements (1) ›
- Simplified Prometheus metric ingestion
Previously, users had to manage their own OpenTelemetry Collectors for Prometheus metrics. Managed collectors automate provisioning, scaling, and collection, reducing operational overhead. Users only need to provide a scrape configuration and resource connection.
Notes (1) ›
- Availability and pricing
This feature is available in all AWS regions with the CloudWatch OTLP endpoint, excluding Asia Pacific (New Zealand). Pricing is based on hourly charges for the managed collectors and standard CloudWatch OpenTelemetry metric ingestion rates.
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/07/cloudwatch-managed-collectors/
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