Questions about the AWS free tier
I'm taking AWS training and I recently created an account. When I access the Free level, a table with the available services is shown, but when I access the billing screen, it shows an amount to be paid, even though I'm at the free level. Should my bill be zero, or is it normal for it to show amounts even at the free level?
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Hello.
You will not be charged if you are using the free tier of your AWS account.
If you are being billed, you may be using AWS services or settings that are not covered by the free tier.
By the way, how many dollars are you being charged for which AWS service?
Hey!
It's normal to see charges even when using the AWS Free Tier if you use services not covered by the free tier. For example, using a NAT Gateway or exceeding the limits for free services like EC2 could lead to charges. The free tier offers 750 hours of usage per month for services like EC2 with specific instance types, but if you go beyond that or use other services not included in the free tier, you will be billed. If you're using resources like NAT Gateway, consider deleting them to avoid charges.
Hello,
This is what I find surprising, the table shows that I'm at the free level but even so, it seems that I'm being charged, here's a resume of the bills.
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When I look at my bill, I am charged for EC2 and VPC. How many EC2 instance are you running? If multiple EC2 instance are running, even if you use a free tier instance type such as t2.micro, you will be charged for exceeding the monthly free tier of 750 hours. https://aws.amazon.com/free/?nc1=h_ls&all-free-tier.sort-by=item.additionalFields.SortRank&all-free-tier.sort-order=asc&awsf.Free%20Tier%20Types=*all&awsf.Free%20Tier%20Categories=*all
It's probably a VPC, but it's also possible that you're running multiple EC2 machines and are being charged for public IPv4 addresses. Click the + toggle on the invoice to see detailed items.
I've attached the image with details of the charge, it shows that it's due to the use of a NAT Gateway
Looking at the price list, it appears that NAT Gateway is used in the sa-east-1 region. NAT Gateway is not included in the AWS free tier, so you will be charged when you create the resource. If you do not want to be charged any more, please delete the resource. NAT Gateway can be deleted by following the steps in the document below. Also, since the ElasticIP address will not be deleted even if you delete the NAT Gateway, please also delete the ElasticIP address if it is unnecessary. https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/vpc-delete-nat-gateway