Choosing an AWS Free Tier plan
When you sign up for your AWS account, you can choose between Free 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. In addition, you have access to over 30 AWS services that offer monthly free usage limits.
- Free account plan
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The Free account plan ensures you won't incur any charges while you explore AWS services and build your applications. Your free account plan ends after six months or when your credits are fully used - whichever occurs first. You can monitor your credit balance and free account plan information in the AWS Billing and Cost Management console home
. For more information about monitoring your free account plan usage, see Tracking your AWS Free Tier usage. After your free account plan expires, your account closes automatically, and you lose access to your resources and data. AWS retains your content for 90 days before permanently deleting your account and all associated resources. To maintain your account access, you can upgrade to a Paid account plan with pay-as-you-go pricing within 90 days. Any remaining credits from your free account plan are automatically applied to future AWS bills.
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Free account plans don't include access to AWS services and features that could possibly deplete your credits, or hardware purchases. Some service examples include AWS Marketplace, and Reserved Instances. You can access these services by upgrading to the Paid account plan. For a list of eligible services on the free account plan, see AWS Free Tier FAQs
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Free account plans are not eligible for other promotional credits and discounts.
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Free account plans will automatically upgrade to paid plan if you join AWS Organizations, set up an AWS Control Tower landing zone, join AWS Partner Network, create a Professional Services contract, enroll in an Enterprise Agreement with AWS, purchase an AWS Skill Builder Team subscription, or designate the AWS account as HIPAA or SEC compliant. For more information, see terms and conditions
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To upgrade your free plan
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Sign in to the AWS Management Console
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Choose Upgrade plan
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Review the features you gain, and choose Upgrade account.
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- Paid account plan
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You can use Paid account plan to access all AWS services and features immediately. Paid account plan is for customers who are ready to build production applications that scale beyond Free Tier credits. You are charged the standard pay-as-you go pricing for any usage beyond your Free Tier credit balance, or if you use AWS services where credits don't apply. For more information, see Redeem your AWS Promotional Credits
. Paid account plan also includes access to short-term trials for select AWS services. The trials include monthly free tier usage limits for specified duration. To learn more about services with short-term trials, see AWS Free Tier
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| Free plan | Paid plan |
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Receive USD $100 sign up credit and earn up to $100 in additional credits |
Receive USD $100 sign up credit and earn up to $100 in additional credits |
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Access to Always free |
Access to Always free |
| Access to select AWS services and features | Access to all AWS services and features |
| No charges incur during usage | Pay for charges that exceed the credit balance |
| Account closes when credits are depleted or when the plan duration ends | Account doesn't close when credits are depleted |
| Not eligible for other promotional credits and discounts | Eligible for other promotional credits and discounts |
