AWS Pricing
Amazon Web Services · Cloud & Infrastructure
Usage-based cloud compute, storage, and networking services.
Starting at
Usage-based
Free plan
Yes
Pricing model
Plans
3
Cloud serviceCloud usage pricing — each service is metered separately.
Plans & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Best for | Main limits | Major features |
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Free Tier Free | Free | Free | Learning and small experiments |
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S3 Standard Storage | $0.02 per GB / month | Usage-based | General-purpose storage |
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EC2 On-Demand (t3.micro) | $0.01 per hour | Usage-based | Small workloads and testing |
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Free Tier
FreeFreeFree
Limited free usage across select services for the first 12 months.
Best for: Learning and small experiments
- Duration: 12 months on select services
- Limited EC2 hours
- Limited S3 storage
S3 Standard Storage
$0.02 per GB / monthUsage-based
Object storage billed per GB per month.
Best for: General-purpose storage
- Durability: 11 nines (design target)
- Object storage
- Lifecycle policies
EC2 On-Demand (t3.micro)
$0.01 per hourUsage-based
General-purpose compute instance billed per hour.
Best for: Small workloads and testing
- vCPU / Memory: 2 vCPU / 1 GiB
- On-demand billing
- No long-term commitment
Price History
Current version v2 — $0.021/GB (S3 Standard), effective 2026-03-01.
Previous: $0.023/GB (S3 Standard) (2024-05-01 – 2026-03-01)
Features
Global regions
Deploy across many geographic regions.
Pay-as-you-go
No upfront commitment for on-demand usage.
Reserved/Savings Plans
Discounted rates for committed usage.
Official Source
AWS pricing page (reference only) ↗Sample data for preview purposes. Not verified current pricing.
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