Stop elasticache bill

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I'm trying the free AWS tools and I programmed Elasticache because it said it was part of the free tools with 750 hours per month included, but even though I already deleted everything I could from Elasticache, they are charging me for the service from the first hour I used it. start. What could I be missing? What do I need to stop or delete so that they no longer charge me for the elasticache service? I no longer have any cluster or warehouse or nodes, but the service is still billed. I only have one RDS database service and one EC2 Windows service

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Upon signup, new AWS customers receive 750 hours of Amazon ElastiCache cache.t2.micro or cache.t3.micro node usage for free for up to 12 months as part of the AWS Free Tier. Please refer Amazon ElastiCache features for same.

Based on what you described, I hope you'd have used either of these two types of node which are free tier eligible nodes. you'd be charged if you used any other node type than cache.t2.micro or cache.t3.micro, even if you are within AWS free tier duration(12 months from sign up).

Now to check further, what is getting charged, here is how I'd do it:

  1. Go to Cost Explorer -> Choose Date Range in right pane

  2. Granularity -> Daily

  3. Group By Dimension -> Usage Type

  4. Service-> Elasticache

This would give you the details about node, as you mentioned you don't see any nodes, then repeat the same process by changing the dimension to Region. That would give you the visibility if there is something running in another region.

You can also check your AWS bills and see where is the charge coming from.

If you don't find any clue for these charges, I'd suggest you to log a support case under Account and billing category, AWS support would be able to assist you and would help you to get a resolution if at all, these are not legitimate charges.

Hope you find this helpful.

Comment here if you have additional questions, happy to help.

Abhishek

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answered 7 months ago
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