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NAT Gateway

  • Timebilled
  • Bytesbilled
  • Callsnot billed

In one line

An hourly fee for existing, then a per-GB fee on everything that passes through.

What gets missed

Data processing is charged in both directions at the same rate. Inbound is not free here, and the fee stacks on top of ordinary data transfer out when the traffic is headed for the internet.

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.

  • NatGateway-Hours
  • NatGateway-Bytes

Bills the same way

These services turn exactly the same meters, so what you learn here transfers.