IAM Policy Character Count Calculator

Sometimes you don't need a structured report — you just want to see, in real time while pasting or editing, how close a policy document is to hitting one of IAM's character-count quotas. IAM Policy Character Count Calculator is a fast, live counter: paste policy JSON (or any text) and the character counts and four progress bars update instantly on every keystroke, no button required.

It reuses the exact same measurement logic as this site's fuller IAM Policy Size Checker tool — both the as-typed character count and the whitespace-stripped count that AWS actually measures against its quotas, and the same four real limits (managed policy 6,144 characters, role inline policy 10,240, user inline policy 2,048, group inline policy 5,120). When your pasted text parses as JSON, this tool calls the identical checkPolicySize function the full size checker uses, so the numbers always agree between the two tools. The difference is entirely in presentation and purpose: this tool is deliberately lighter-weight, live, and visual — four compact progress bars filling toward each limit — rather than a structured table report you click a button to generate. It also does not require valid JSON at all; a raw character count against the same four limits still updates live even while you're mid-edit and the document isn't syntactically valid yet.

Use this tool for the "am I getting close?" moment while actively drafting or trimming a policy; use the separate IAM Policy Size Checker tool when you want the fuller structured report — exact overage in characters, a clean pass/fail table, sample data, and dedicated JSON-error handling.

• Live, no-button character count — updates on every keystroke.
• Reuses the exact same checkPolicySize logic as the full IAM Policy Size Checker, so numbers always match.
• Works on any text, not just valid policy JSON.
• Both as-typed and whitespace-stripped counts shown, matching how AWS actually measures.
• Four compact progress bars — one per real IAM size limit — instead of a full report.
• Visually distinct, faster workflow than the fuller size-checker tool, for a different use case.
• 100% client-side.

1. Paste or type policy JSON (or any text) into the box.
2. Watch the counts and 4 progress bars update live — no button to click.
3. A bar reaching 100% means that specific limit is exceeded.
4. For a full structured report instead, use the separate IAM Policy Size Checker tool.

Example 1 — small policy. A short single-statement policy shows all four bars mostly empty.

Example 2 — approaching user inline limit. A moderately sized policy might show its "user inline (2,048)" bar near 90% while the other three bars stay low, since 2,048 is by far the smallest of the four limits.

Example 3 — mid-edit, invalid JSON. Deleting a closing brace while editing still shows a live raw character count against all four limits, since this tool doesn't require valid JSON to keep counting.

Example 4 — over a limit. A large policy pushes the "managed policy (6,144)" bar past 100%, visually flagging it as over that limit at a glance.

• Instant feedback while actively editing, no click required.
• Same trusted numbers as the full size-checker tool.
• Visual, at-a-glance — four progress bars instead of scanning a table.
• Works even on invalid/in-progress JSON.
• Private — runs entirely in your browser.