To help new AWS customers get started in the cloud, AWS is introducing a free usage tier. New AWS customers will be able to run a free Amazon EC2 Micro Instance for a year, while also leveraging a free usage tier for Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic Block Store, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, and AWS data transfer. AWS’s free usage tier can be used for anything you want to run in the cloud: launch new applications, test existing applications in the cloud, or simply gain hands-on experience with AWS.
For no additional charge, AWS Elastic Beanstalk allows you quickly and easily deploy your .NET, PHP, and Java applications using many of the services offered in the free usage tier. To learn more about AWS Elastic Beanstalk and the free usage tier, go to "Deploy a Sample Web Application in the Free Usage Tier" in the AWS Getting Started Guide: Free Usage Tier.
Below are the highlights of AWS’s free usage tiers. All are available for one year (except SWF, DynamoDB, SimpleDB, SQS, and SNS which are free indefinitely):
An AWS account requires a valid credit card.
To stay within the Free Usage Tier(s), use only EC2 Micro sized instances.
See offer terms.
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In addition to these services, the AWS Management Console is available at no charge to help you build and manage your application on AWS.
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These free tiers are only available to new AWS customers, and are available for 12 months following your AWS sign-up date. When your free usage expires or if your application use exceeds the free usage tiers, you simply pay standard, pay-as-you-go service rates (see each service page for full pricing details). Restrictions apply; see offer terms for more details.**
These free tiers do not expire after 12 months and are available to both existing and new AWS customers indefinitely.The AWS free usage tier applies to participating services across all AWS regions: US East (Northern Virginia), US West (Oregon), US West (Northern California), EU (Ireland), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), and South America (Sao Paulo). Your free usage is calculated each month across all regions and automatically applied to your bill – free usage does not accumulate.
Amazon Web Services provides a flexible, scalable, low-cost cloud computing platform for businesses of all sizes all around the world. With AWS, you have access to the same reliable, secure technology platform used to power Amazon.com’s global web properties.
Pay as you go. Beyond the AWS free usage tier, you only pay for the resources you use; there are no long-term contracts or up-front commitments.
Scalable. With AWS, you have access to Amazon’s massive infrastructure – you can use the resources you need to scale your application up or down based on demand.
Flexible. If it runs in your data center, it can run in the cloud. You choose the operating system, programming language, web application platform, software, and other tools to launch existing applications in the cloud or deploy new applications.
Easy to use. You can get started with AWS in minutes. Use the AWS Management Console, APIs, SDKs, or other development tools to get started quickly. Spend time focusing on your idea, not provisioning and managing hardware.
You can sign up today to automatically take advantage of AWS’s free usage tier.
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