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Why is AWS charging me for free tier?

Last updated on September 25, 2022 @ 5:55 pm

The AWS Free Tier offers limited usage of Amazon Web Services. Customers can use the AWS Free Tier to test out Amazon Web Services or to evaluate the services before making a larger investment. AWS Free Tier usage is subject to the following conditions:

Use of the AWS Free Tier is for evaluation purposes only. You may use the AWS Free Tier for up to 30 days to evaluate AWS Services.

You must cancel your AWS Free Tier subscription before you can use the AWS Free Tier for a new evaluation.

You are not allowed to use the AWS Free Tier to build a production application.

The AWS Free Tier does not include any usage of Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Amazon EC2, or Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.

The AWS Free Tier does not include any usage of Amazon CloudFront.

The AWS Free Tier does not include any usage of Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Glacier, Amazon EC2, or Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.

PRO TIP: If you are receiving charges for AWS Free Tier services, it is likely because you are exceeding the monthly free limits. To avoid charges, please review the AWS Free Tierlimits for each service you are using. If you believe you are being incorrectly charged, please contact AWS Support.

AWS Free Tier usage is subject to the following conditions:

You are limited to using 500 gigabytes (GB) of data per month.

You are limited to using 2 million requests per month.

You are limited to using 10 million requests per month.

You are limited to using 100 requests per minute.

You are limited to using 5 requests per second.

The conclusion to be drawn from this article is that –

The AWS Free Tier is a limited usage plan that is available to test out Amazon Web Services before making a larger investment. The AWS Free Tier does not include any usage of Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Amazon EC2, or Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.

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