AWS Free Tier Limits You Need to Know

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AWS Free Tier includes three categories: 12-month offers (EC2 t2.micro, RDS, S3), always-free services (Lambda, DynamoDB), and short-term trials. The clock starts at account creation, not first use.

Cloud infrastructure

Common Billing Surprises

Running multiple instances splits your 750 free hours. Stopped instances still incur EBS storage costs. NAT Gateways have no free tier – approximately $32 monthly from day one.

Best Free Options

Lambda offers 1 million requests monthly. DynamoDB provides 25GB storage. CloudFront includes 1TB data transfer (always free). Set billing alerts at $1 to catch unexpected charges early.

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Full-stack developer and AWS specialist with 6 years of experience building web applications and cloud-native solutions. David has worked extensively with React, Node.js, and serverless architectures on AWS Lambda. He contributes to open-source projects and writes practical tutorials for developers transitioning to cloud platforms. AWS Certified Developer Associate.

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