Introducing native histogram support in Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus

Managed Service For Prometheus ยท 2026-06-12

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What This Means

For DevOps Teams

Update your Prometheus client libraries and configurations to emit native histograms, which require no changes to your Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus workspace, to benefit from lower cardinality, higher-resolution percentiles, and reduced costs.

For Platform Teams

Integrate native histogram support in your monitoring architecture to simplify data storage, improve metric accuracy, and reduce operational costs by up to 75% for histogram workloads in Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus.

For Executives

Evaluate adopting native histograms in Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus to achieve up to 75% lower metering costs, higher-resolution percentile calculations, and reduced cardinality for histogram workloads, enhancing operational efficiency and metric accuracy.

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