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- Free allowance
- 5 Performance AutoStop Ubuntu WorkSpaces with 100 combined hours a month, 80 GB root and 100 GB user volume, free for up to 3 months; a Paid account plan is required at signup
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- cardcard required, no phone
- Binding limit
- write-gateda Paid account plan is required to open the WorkSpaces console, so a free-plan account cannot provision one
- Evidence
- documented4 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-05checked 2026-11-04 (live); stale on 2026-12-05
| Free tier | 5 Performance AutoStop Ubuntu WorkSpaces with 100 combined hours a month, 80 GB root and 100 GB user volume, free for up to 3 months; a Paid account plan is required at signup unit mixed; metered on wall-clock |
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| Price | none stated |
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| Limits | - request-rate 100 combined hours a month across 5 free Performance AutoStop Ubuntu desktops source
- retention-clamped the free allowance ends after 3 months; WorkSpaces Pools closed to new customers on 2026-07-31 source
- write-gated (binding) a Paid account plan is required to open the WorkSpaces console, so a free-plan account cannot provision one source
not stated |
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| Identity | card 'When creating your AWS account, you'll need to select a Paid account plan to access the WorkSpaces console', quoted from the pricing page read 2026-10-22; a payment method is the gate |
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| Egress | not stated |
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| Per-object cap | not stated |
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| Retention | not stated |
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| Interface | rest, cli WorkSpaces console, AWS CLI and SDKs, per the WorkSpaces API Reference welcome page: "manage your WorkSpaces resources using the WorkSpaces console, AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), and SDKs" |
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| Tooling | the page names the AWS CLI and SDKs: "AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), and SDKs" |
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| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
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| Evidence note | documented the WorkSpaces pricing page was read on 2026-10-22. The free allowance is 5 Performance AutoStop Ubuntu desktops with 100 combined hours a month for up to 3 months, and the page states that a Paid account plan is required to reach the console at all |
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| Parsed numbers | |
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Evidence 4
More fields 10
| keep rate | 1.0 |
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| keep rate basis | always-on by contract |
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| billing model | unclassified |
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| shape | {"vcpu": 2,"ram": 8,"disk": 100,"gpu_class": null,"gpu_count": 1,"note": "Performance bundle: 2 vCPU, 8 GiB, 80 GB root plus 100 GB user volume"} |
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| session cap | {"wall_clock_min": null,"idle_reap_s": null,"restart_required": false,"note": "AutoStop stops the desktop on disconnect and bills a small monthly access fee instead of the hourly rate"} |
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| free tier kind | trial |
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| granularity | {"min_billed_s": 0,"rounding_s": null} |
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| burst x | 2.0498 |
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| burst bill | min 1 h |
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| ps | {"gib": 100,"price": "billed as part of the bundle","durability": "user volume","on_stop": true,"on_destroy": false,"retention": "while the WorkSpace exists"} |
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Unknown values 8
- chaining: a source was read and is silent on this field
- egress metered: egress metering was not published
- egress terms: a source was read and is silent on this field
- limits note: a source was read and is silent on this field
- per object cap stated: a source was read and is silent on this field
- reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed
- retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention stated: a source was read and is silent on this field