LocalStack for AWS: Tiers, Licensing, and Access

Service availability and licensing details across LocalStack for AWS tiers.

This document outlines the features, emulated AWS services, and enhancements included in each LocalStack for AWS tier. It also clarifies how licensing works across workspaces and users.

As of May 8, 2025, LocalStack for AWS is offered in four tiers:

  • Free
  • Base
  • Ultimate
  • Enterprise (custom offering available via Sales only)

If you purchased a LocalStack license before May 8, 2025, click here to learn about your available features and legacy entitlements.

Licensing & Access Rules

Each workspace can only be assigned a single pricing tier. You cannot mix and match (e.g., Base and Ultimate) within the same workspace.

Licenses must be assigned to individual users. This generates an authentication token that enables access to the emulator and any enhancements included in the tier.

Not sure which tier fits your use case? Explore our pricing page.

For unique licensing needs across teams or environments, please contact Sales.

Usage Allocation Per Workspace

All paid tiers include a fixed allocation of:

  • CI credits (monthly pool)
  • Ephemeral Instance minutes (monthly pool)
  • Cloud Pod storage (per contract, shared across all users)

We will soon support self-service purchasing of additional credits, minutes, and storage. Until then, please reach out to Sales if you need to expand your usage.

Service Coverage Clarification

The table below shows which AWS services are available in each pricing tier. It does not indicate the level of API coverage or feature availability.

To learn more about how a service behaves in LocalStack, refer to that individual service page or contact Support.

AWS ServicesFreeBaseUltimate
Analytics
Amazon ElasticSearch
Amazon Kinesis Streams
Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
Amazon OpenSearch
Amazon Redshift
Amazon Athena
Amazon EMR
Amazon EMR Serverless
AWS Glue
Amazon Redshift Data API
AWS Lake Formation
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka
Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink
Application Integration
Amazon Simple Workflow Service (SWF)
Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)
Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
AWS Step Functions
Amazon EventBridge
Amazon EventBridge Scheduler
Amazon MQ
Amazon EventBridge Pipes
Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow
BlockChain
Amazon Managed Blockchain
Business Applications
Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)
Amazon Simple Email Service API V2 (SES)
Amazon Pinpoint
Cloud Financial Management
AWS Cost Explorer
Compute
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
AWS Lambda
AWS Batch
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Serverless Application Repository
Containers
Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
Customer Enablement
AWS Support API
DataBases
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB Streams
Amazon ElastiCache
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Amazon RDS Data API
Amazon DocumentDB
Amazon MemoryDB
Amazon Neptune
Amazon Timestream
Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB)
Developer Tools
AWS CodeCommit
AWS CodeBuild
AWS CodeConnections
AWS Fault Injection Service
AWS CodeDeploy
AWS CodePipeline
AWS X-Ray
Frontend Web & Mobile Services
AWS Amplify
AWS AppSync
IoT
AWS IoT
AWS IoT Wireless
AWS IoT Analytics
AWS IoT Data
Management & Governance
AWS CloudFormation
Amazon CloudWatch Metrics
Amazon CloudWatch Logs
AWS Resource Groups
AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store
AWS Cloud Control
AWS Application Auto Scaling
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
AWS Config
AWS AppConfig
AWS CloudTrail
AWS Account Management
AWS Organizations
Media
Amazon Elastic Transcoder
AWS Elemental MediaConvert
AWS Elemental MediaStore
AWS Elemental MediaStore Data Plane
Migration & Transfer
AWS Transfer Family
AWS Database Migration Service
Machine Learning
Amazon Transcribe
Amazon Textract
Amazon SageMaker AI
Amazon SageMaker Runtime
Amazon Bedrock
Amazon Bedrock Runtime
Networking & Content Delivery
Amazon Route 53
Amazon Route 53 Resolver
Amazon API Gateway REST API
Amazon API Gateway HTTP and WebSocket API
Amazon API Gateway Management API
Elastic Load Balancing
Elastic Load Balancing v2 (Application, Network)
Amazon CloudFront
AWS Cloud Map
Security, Identity & Compliance
AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
AWS Secrets Manager
AWS Security Token Service
AWS Certificate Manager
Amazon Cognito Identity Pools
Amazon Cognito User Pools
AWS Private Certificate Authority
AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF)
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
AWS IAM Identity Store API
AWS IAM Identity Center
AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM)
AWS Shield
Storage
Amazon S3
Amazon S3 Control
Amazon S3 Glacier
AWS Backup
Amazon EFS
Emulator Enhancements
CI Credits✅ 300 credits monthly per workspace✅ 1000 credits monthly per workspace
Stack Insights✅ For all supported services✅ For all supported services
Local state persistence
Cloud-based state persistence via Cloud pods✅ 300 MB, lifetime per workspace✅ 3 GB, lifetime per workspace
Cloud Sandbox previews & ephemeral instances✅ 100 minutes monthly per workspace✅ 500 minutes monthly per workspace
AWS Replicator
IAM Policy Enforcement
IAM Policy Streams
Emulator Compliance Pack
User Security Pack
Chaos Engineering✅ Add-on
Kubernetes Pack (Operator & Executor)✅ Add-on
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Legacy Plans

As of May 8, 2025, the following plans are no longer available for new purchases. If you’re an existing customer on one of these tiers, your subscription remains active and unchanged. You’ll continue receiving all regular version updates and will not experience any downgrade or loss of access. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Support.

Subscription Continuity

You may continue purchasing new licenses under your current legacy plan for the duration of your active subscription. However, if your subscription lapses, we may not be able to restore access to these legacy plans.

Legacy Plan Usage Allocations

Starter:

  • 100 CI credits for the first 3 licenses
  • +20 CI credits per additional license
  • 240 CI credits maximum

Teams:

  • 1000 CI credits for the first 3 licenses
  • +200 CI credits per additional license
  • 2400 CI credits maximum
  • Includes workspace-wide Ephemeral Instance minutes and Cloud Pod storage

Enterprise:

  • Unlimited CI credits
  • Includes workspace-wide Ephemeral Instance minutes and Cloud Pod storage
  • Detailed values for CI credits, minutes, and storage are shown in the table below

For any subscription or access-related questions, please reach out to Support.

AWS ServicesLegacy Plan: StarterLegacy Plan: TeamsLegacy Plan: Enterprise sold before May 8th, 2025
Analytics
Amazon ElasticSearch
Amazon Kinesis Streams
Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
Amazon OpenSearch
Amazon Redshift
Amazon Athena
Amazon EMR
Amazon EMR Serverless
AWS Glue
Amazon Redshift Data API
AWS Lake Formation
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka
Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics
Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink
Application Integration
Amazon Simple Workflow Service (SWF)
Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)
Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
AWS Step Functions
Amazon EventBridge
Amazon EventBridge Scheduler
Amazon MQ
Amazon EventBridge Pipes
Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow
BlockChain
Amazon Managed Blockchain
Business Applications
Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)
Amazon Simple Email Service API V2 (SES)
Amazon Pinpoint
Cloud Financial Management
AWS Cost Explorer
Compute
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
AWS Lambda
AWS Batch
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
AWS Serverless Application Repository
Containers
Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS)
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
Customer Enablement
AWS Support API
DataBases
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB Streams
Amazon ElastiCache
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Amazon RDS Data API
Amazon DocumentDB
Amazon MemoryDB
Amazon Neptune
Amazon Timestream
Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB)
Developer Tools
AWS CodeCommit
AWS CodeBuild
AWS CodeConnections
AWS Fault Injection Service
AWS CodeDeploy
AWS CodePipeline
AWS X-Ray
Frontend Web & Mobile Services
AWS Amplify
AWS AppSync
IoT
AWS IoT
AWS IoT Wireless
AWS IoT Analytics
AWS IoT Data
Management & Governance
AWS CloudFormation
Amazon CloudWatch Metrics
Amazon CloudWatch Logs
AWS Resource Groups
AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store
AWS Cloud Control
AWS Application Auto Scaling
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
AWS Config
AWS AppConfig
AWS CloudTrail
AWS Account Management
AWS Organizations
Media
Amazon Elastic Transcoder
AWS Elemental MediaConvert
AWS Elemental MediaStore
AWS Elemental MediaStore Data Plane
Migration & Transfer
AWS Transfer Family
AWS Database Migration Service
Machine Learning
Amazon Transcribe
Amazon Textract
Amazon SageMaker AI
Amazon SageMaker Runtime
Amazon Bedrock
Amazon Bedrock Runtime
Networking & Content Delivery
Amazon Route 53
Amazon Route 53 Resolver
Amazon API Gateway REST API
Amazon API Gateway HTTP and WebSocket API
Amazon API Gateway Management API
Elastic Load Balancing
Elastic Load Balancing v2 (Application, Network)
Amazon CloudFront
AWS Cloud Map
Security, Identity & Compliance
AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
AWS Secrets Manager
AWS Security Token Service
AWS Certificate Manager
Amazon Cognito Identity Pools
Amazon Cognito User Pools
AWS Private Certificate Authority
AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF)
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
AWS IAM Identity Store API
AWS IAM Identity Center
AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM)
AWS Shield
Storage
Amazon S3
Amazon S3 Control
Amazon S3 Glacier
AWS Backup
Amazon EFS
Emulator Enhancements
CI Credits✅ Up to 240 credits monthly per workspace✅ Up to 2400 credits monthly per workspaceUnlimited
Stack Insights✅ For all supported services✅ For all supported services✅ For all supported services
Local state persistence
Cloud-based state persistence via Cloud pods✅ 500 MB, lifetime per license✅ 1 GB, lifetime per license✅ 5 GB lifetime, per license
Cloud Sandbox previews & ephemeral instances✅ 1000 minutes monthly per workspace✅ 3000 minutes monthly per workspace
AWS Replicator
IAM Policy Enforcement
IAM Policy Streams
Emulator Compliance Pack
User Security Pack
Chaos Engineering
Kubernetes Pack (Operator & Executor)
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