Analytics & AI
Amazon Interactive Video Service (IVS)
- Timebilled
- Bytesnot billed
- Callsbilled
In one line
Input hours and viewer output hours, both by the hour; chat adds a per-message charge.
What gets missed
Input hours accrue for as long as you push video at a channel, with zero viewers watching. Output hours are a separate meter that scales with audience, so a test stream left broadcasting overnight still bills.
Find it on your bill
Filter Cost Explorer or your Cost and Usage Report by these usage types. A usage type with no region prefix means us-east-1.
Input-Standard-HoursOutput-HD-HoursMessaging-Requests
Bills the same way
These services turn exactly the same meters, so what you learn here transfers.