Explore AWS services with AWS Free Tier
You can use AWS Free Tier to explore AWS services without cost commitments. When you sign up for your AWS account, you can choose between Free account plan or Paid account plan. If you are new to AWS, you receive USD $100 in credits after you create an account, regardless of your account plan. You can also earn up to an additional USD $100 in credits by completing activities. For more information about earning additional credits, see Earning additional credits. In addition, you have access to over 30 always free AWS services that offer monthly free usage limits.
The Free account plan is ideal for customers experimenting with
AWS services and building proof of concepts at no cost for up to six months. You will not
incur any charges during this period until you upgrade to a paid account plan. Your free
account plan ends after six months or when your credits are fully used - whichever occurs
first. Additionally, free account plans don't have access to certain AWS services that
would rapidly consume the entire AWS Free Tier credit amount, or hardware purchases. For a list
of eligible services on the free account plan, see AWS Free Tier FAQs
The Paid account plan is ideal for building production applications that scale beyond the initial credit amount. When you usage exceeds your credit balance or when you use a service where credits don't apply, you pay standard pay-as-you-go pricing. For more information about each plan, see Choosing a plan.
Note
If you use billing transfer and you sign in as a bill source account or its linked account, your Free Tier credits apply to the chargeable bill sent to your bill transfer account. These credits don't appear in your pro forma billing artifacts (Bills page, Cost Explorer, or AWS Cost and Usage Report) unless AWS Cost and Usage Report, and the Bills page. The Credits page doesn't support billing view functionality. You can only view credits redeemed in your own AWS organization. To view credits from bill source organizations, you need an IAM role in those organizations.
AWS Free Tier offers
All AWS customers have access to select short-term trials and Always Free
tier offers. Your AWS Free Tier offerings depend on your plan type. Paid
plan accounts might have Short-term trial and
Always Free offerings active. Free account plan
only have Always Free offerings active.
- Always free
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You receive an ongoing monthly allowance for some AWS services.
- Short-term trials
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You can try selected services through limited free trials. Your trial begins when you activate the service.
If you go beyond these monthly allowances, your AWS Free Tier credits are automatically applied to cover the eligible costs. If you are on the paid plan, you're charged at the standard AWS billing rates for eligible usage beyond your credits or when your credits expire.
To find services with an AWS Free Tier offer
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Navigate to the AWS Free Tier page
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Under Explore our offers, choose a filter to search for the offer type and product category.
For example, you can choose Always Free and choose Compute to learn about the number of free requests available for AWS Lambda (Lambda).
Getting started with AWS Free Tier
To start with AWS Free Tier
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Navigate to the AWS Free Tier
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Choose Create free account.
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Follow the sign up process. This includes choosing your AWS account plan: Free account plan or Paid account plan.
For more information about the sign up process, see AWS account Management guide.
More AWS Free Tier resources
Explore the following resources to learn more about AWS Free Tier.
