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title: "AWS CloudWatch data source | Grafana Labs"
description: "Query AWS CloudWatch directly from Grafana."
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

## How it works

[AWS CloudWatch data source: Query CloudWatch metrics and logs directly from Grafana](cp-olly-aws-cloudwatch-ds-light.svg "AWS CloudWatch data source: Query CloudWatch metrics and logs directly from Grafana")

## What you get

| Capabilities                   | Limitations                            |
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Metrics and logs in one source | CloudWatch API costs per query         |
| Cross-account and cross-region | CloudWatch query language (not PromQL) |
| Metric math and statistics     | API latency affects dashboards.        |
| Template variables             | Rate limits with many panels           |
| Logs Insights queries          | Alert evaluation calls API.            |

## Authentication options

IAM access keys, assume role, or Grafana Cloud AWS integration

## Documentation

View the full documentation. *Learning path coming soon!*

[CloudWatch data source](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana-cloud/connect-externally-hosted/data-sources/aws-cloudwatch/)