Which is cheaper, Amazon SNS or Azure Event Grid?

Azure is cheaper in 2 of 3 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 62%.

How do Amazon SNS and Azure Event Grid compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSAzure

Overall Winner

Azure

AWS Wins

Azure Wins

Ties

Azure wins 2 of 3 price comparisons, averaging 62% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.0170/hr to $0.6000/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for AmazonSNS workloads

Comparing Amazon SNS and Azure Event Grid across 3 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS Amazon SNS	Azure Azure Event Grid	Diff	Cheapest
AmazonSNS - SNS-Standard-Payload-MessageFiltering-Filtered-Out	$0.0900/hr PL-Filtered-Out ($65.70/mo)	$0.0400/hr Standard - Standard Throughput Unit ($29.20/mo)	+55.6%	Azure
AmazonSNS - SNS-Standard-Payload-MessageFiltering-Filter-Matched	$0.0900/hr PL-Filter-Matched ($65.70/mo)	$0.0600/hr Standard - Standard Operations ($43.80/mo)	+33.3%	Azure
AmazonSNS - SNS-Publish-Payload	$0.0170/hr F-Ingress-Tier1 ($12.41/mo)	$0.6000/hr Standard - Standard Event Operations ($438.00/mo)	+97.2%	AWS

✓AmazonSNS - SNS-Standard-Payload-MessageFiltering-Filtered-Out - saves $36.50/mo (55.6% cheaper)
✓AmazonSNS - SNS-Standard-Payload-MessageFiltering-Filter-Matched - saves $21.90/mo (33.3% cheaper)