https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Cost-for-Exporting-CloudWatch-Logs-to-Splunk/m-p/543237#M90699 <P>I'm trying to figure out some rough costs for my setup before moving forward.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I'd like to export logs from CloudWatch into Splunk Cloud, and came across this post:<BR /><A href="https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/tips-and-tricks/how-to-easily-stream-aws-cloudwatch-logs-to-splunk.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/tips-and-tricks/how-to-easily-stream-aws-cloudwatch-logs-to-splunk.html</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>What I wanted to know is that when I'm "streaming" logs to Splunk Cloud from CloudWatch, do I still end up having to pay CloudWatch for the volume of logs ingested? Or is there a way to stream to Splunk Cloud and bypass the need to store/ingest in the CloudWatch backend so that I only have to pay the cost for logs ingested in Splunk Cloud?</P> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:07:29 GMT 09jvilla 2021-03-10T18:07:29Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Cost-for-Exporting-CloudWatch-Logs-to-Splunk/m-p/543237#M90699 <P>I'm trying to figure out some rough costs for my setup before moving forward.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I'd like to export logs from CloudWatch into Splunk Cloud, and came across this post:<BR /><A href="https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/tips-and-tricks/how-to-easily-stream-aws-cloudwatch-logs-to-splunk.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/tips-and-tricks/how-to-easily-stream-aws-cloudwatch-logs-to-splunk.html</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>What I wanted to know is that when I'm "streaming" logs to Splunk Cloud from CloudWatch, do I still end up having to pay CloudWatch for the volume of logs ingested? Or is there a way to stream to Splunk Cloud and bypass the need to store/ingest in the CloudWatch backend so that I only have to pay the cost for logs ingested in Splunk Cloud?</P> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:07:29 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Cost-for-Exporting-CloudWatch-Logs-to-Splunk/m-p/543237#M90699 09jvilla 2021-03-10T18:07:29Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Cost-for-Exporting-CloudWatch-Logs-to-Splunk/m-p/543248#M90700 Hi<BR />Shortly, you must pay both.<BR />r. Ismo Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:09:02 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Cost-for-Exporting-CloudWatch-Logs-to-Splunk/m-p/543248#M90700 isoutamo 2021-03-10T20:09:02Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Cost-for-Exporting-CloudWatch-Logs-to-Splunk/m-p/543262#M90703 <P>Got it - thank you!&nbsp;</P> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 21:49:21 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Cost-for-Exporting-CloudWatch-Logs-to-Splunk/m-p/543262#M90703 09jvilla 2021-03-10T21:49:21Z