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What is AWS Global Accelerator

AWS Global Accelerator is a managed networking service that improves application availability and performance by routing user traffic over the AWS global network to optimal endpoints. It provides static anycast IP addresses and health-based traffic steering across AWS Regions and endpoint types such as load balancers, EC2 instances, and elastic IPs. It is used by teams operating internet-facing applications that need multi-region failover, latency-based routing, and simplified client configuration. The service focuses on traffic acceleration and resiliency rather than deep application performance monitoring.

Static anycast IP addresses

The service provides two static anycast IP addresses that can front multiple regional endpoints. This reduces the need to change DNS records or client configurations during regional failover or endpoint changes. It also simplifies allowlisting and firewall rules for external partners and enterprise networks.

Health-based traffic steering

Global Accelerator continuously monitors endpoint health and routes traffic only to healthy endpoints. It supports multi-region architectures by shifting traffic away from unhealthy Regions or endpoints without requiring DNS propagation. This is useful for active-active or active-passive designs where fast failover is required.

AWS network path optimization

Traffic enters the AWS global network at the nearest edge location and traverses AWS-managed backbone links to the selected endpoint. This can reduce exposure to variable public-internet routing between users and application Regions. It is particularly relevant for latency-sensitive TCP/UDP applications and global user bases.

Not a monitoring platform

Global Accelerator does not provide full-stack observability features such as distributed tracing, log analytics, or deep application diagnostics. Monitoring is primarily via service metrics and health checks, typically consumed through AWS monitoring services. Organizations often need separate tooling for end-to-end performance analysis and incident triage.

AWS-centric integration model

The service is designed primarily for AWS endpoints and AWS networking constructs. While it can front some non-load-balancer endpoints via elastic IPs, it is not a general-purpose accelerator for arbitrary third-party hosting environments. This can limit portability for hybrid or multi-cloud architectures.

Cost and configuration complexity

Pricing includes hourly charges and data transfer components that can be non-trivial at scale. Correct configuration requires understanding listeners, endpoint groups, traffic dials, and health checks, plus how it interacts with load balancers and routing policies. Misconfiguration can lead to unexpected routing behavior or higher-than-expected spend.

Plan & Pricing

Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go

Fixed fee: $0.025 per accelerator-hour (charged for every provisioned accelerator, enabled or disabled).

Data Transfer - Premium (DT-Premium): incremental per-GB rates that depend on the source AWS Region and the AWS edge (destination) location. Representative official rates (source -> destination):

Source: United States & Canada
- United States, Mexico, Canada: $0.015 /GB
- Europe, Israel & Türkiye: $0.015 /GB
- Asia Pacific*: $0.035 /GB
- South Korea: $0.035 /GB
- India, Philippines, Thailand & Vietnam: $0.035 /GB
- Australia & New Zealand: $0.105 /GB
- Middle East: $0.035 /GB
- South America: $0.040 /GB
- South Africa, Kenya & Nigeria: $0.079 /GB

(Notes: the AWS pricing page contains a full source-to-destination matrix with additional region combinations and rates; the above are representative entries pulled from the official matrix.)

Public IPv4 addresses: Standard public IPv4 address charges apply (see VPC public IPv4 address pricing).

Example (official): If one accelerator runs 24x7 for 30 days, the fixed fee = $18/month. For 10,000 GB monthly traffic with 60% outbound dominant direction distributed as 5,000 GB (NA -> Europe at $0.015/GB) and 1,000 GB (NA -> Asia Pacific at $0.035/GB), the DT-Premium = $110; total = $128/month (DT-Premium + fixed fee).

Discounts / other options: No committed-discount pricing or reserved tiers are listed on the Global Accelerator pricing page; AWS Pricing Calculator and contact with AWS specialists are offered for personalized quotes.

Sources: Official AWS Global Accelerator pricing page and AWS documentation (pricing matrix and example).

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AWS Global Accelerator

What is AWS Global Accelerator

Static anycast IP addresses

Health-based traffic steering

AWS network path optimization

Not a monitoring platform

AWS-centric integration model

Cost and configuration complexity

Plan & Pricing

Seller details

Tools by Amazon Web Services, Inc.

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