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name: LocalStack Service Tiers Reference description: Reference for LocalStack AWS service availability by tier (Free/Base/Ultimate). Essential for KECS development to understand which AWS-compatible services can be used locally without cost. allowed-tools:

• Read
• WebFetch

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LocalStack Service Tiers Reference

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

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.