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This skill provides knowledge about LocalStack service availability across pricing tiers. KECS uses LocalStack for AWS-compatible services, relying on free tier services for ECS integrations.
Quick Reference
Key Insight for KECS Development
ECS is NOT available in LocalStack Free tier - it requires Base tier ($39/mo). This is one of the primary reasons KECS exists: to provide a free, local ECS-compatible environment.
Pricing Tiers
| Tier | Price | Services | |------|-------|----------| | Free (Community) | $0 | 30+ services | | Base | $39/mo | 55+ services | | Ultimate | $89/mo | 110+ services |
Free Tier Services (Commonly Used with ECS)
These services are available for free and can be used with KECS:
- S3 - Object storage
- DynamoDB - NoSQL database
- SQS - Simple Queue Service
- SNS - Simple Notification Service
- IAM - Identity and Access Management
- SecretsManager - Secrets management
- KMS - Key Management Service
- SSM - Systems Manager (Parameter Store)
- STS - Security Token Service
- ACM - Certificate Manager
- CloudWatch - Monitoring (basic features)
- CloudWatch Logs - Logging (basic features)
- Lambda - Serverless functions (basic features)
Paid Tier Only Services (NOT Free)
These require LocalStack Base or Ultimate:
- ECS - Elastic Container Service (Base+)
- ECR - Elastic Container Registry (Base+)
- ELB/ALB - Load Balancing (Base+)
- EC2 - Docker VM mode (Base+, Mock mode is free)
Detailed Documentation
See service-tiers.md for complete service tier information.