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I tried to create account on aws.amazon.com. But it needs credit card information to complete the login process.

As I do not intend to use AWS for any commercial purpose but for academic/self-learning purpose, is there way to create a trial account ( probably a limited version say limited functionalities or limited time period )

Kaushik Lele
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  • I don't think so. You will have to provide Credit card information. It's necessary to make sure you are not a person who is already banned from opening an account in AWS. – Srihari Karanth Jun 29 '17 at 07:31
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    The "trial" account on AWS does not have limited functionality. It includes a free allowance for many services, but you are billed for any usage exceeding the free tier. A billing method is required. – Michael - sqlbot Jun 29 '17 at 09:52
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    I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not a programming question within the scope of Stack Overflow. – Michael - sqlbot Jun 29 '17 at 09:52
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    If folks are interested in creating a venue for these types of questions, follow the proposal for a [dedicated Cloud Computing site on StackExchange](https://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/110490/cloud-computing-aws-azure-google-openstack-etc?referrer=Gtut7wQSWPk88jFJz_zqMg2) and up-vote some sample questions. – John Rotenstein Jun 29 '17 at 12:40
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    I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/255745/6296561 – Zoe Aug 25 '19 at 18:00
  • I do not understand that a so good question is not meet Stack Overflow guidelines – Mahefa Mar 14 '21 at 07:10
  • People already voted to close this question but I love it on my side. I googled this and I couldn't find any other direct solution. Men, I understand but this question is helpful tho. – Cyebukayire Sep 17 '21 at 14:39

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There is no such thing as a 'free' AWS account. All accounts are full, production accounts. You will always need to provide a credit card to use AWS (or sign-up for invoicing). If you wish to try some AWS service, you can take advantage of the Free Usage Tier.

The AWS Free Usage Tier provides a limited quantity of some AWS services at no charge. When you exceed the quantity of usage (eg hours of an Amazon EC2 t2.micro instance, amount of storage in Amazon S3), then you will be charged normal rates for the service.

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    Even for 'AWS Free Usage Tier" we need to create account i.e. it will need credit card info, right ? – Kaushik Lele Jul 05 '17 at 08:42
  • Correct. The Free Usage Tier applies to new accounts. – John Rotenstein Jul 05 '17 at 11:23
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    @John Any plans to open a hobby tier? Heroku does this pretty well with a very limited set of compute options on the hobby account. ZEIT Now also allows deployments for free if you don't mind the source code being publicly available. – styfle Dec 19 '17 at 02:15
  • @JohnRotenstein what happens when the card is empty ? do they block your account ? do they charge as credit ? – Mohamed Benkedadra Nov 14 '19 at 00:48
  • They provisionally charge you $1/€1 to make sure that the account is valid. The amount is returned (sometimes never really charged) after it is verified the account exists – user1156544 Nov 16 '19 at 13:33
  • You can use a virtual credit card if you worry about adding your credit card to AWS account. Here is a link on how to create a Netsafe card - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9N8KiytpOs – Ajai Jun 23 '20 at 13:28
  • Yea, this is BS. I have a company I work for as a contractor. Paying for things is THEIR problem. – ggb667 Dec 06 '22 at 16:43
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    If you add your card info, are they good about keeping the balance $0? or do you suddenly get a $10k bill from a 200gb update u didn't anticipate or excessive throughput out the blue? – dizad87 Feb 22 '23 at 18:20
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although this is an old question but it will help someone. So If you are a student or educator AWS also provide credits for hands-on experience with AWS technology, training, content, career pathways and the AWS Educate job board. You can join from below link AWS Educate

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The new AWS Educate Starter Account requires no credit card to join.

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Now you can create an AWS account using a debit card(debit card is easy to get). I created an AWS account with my debit card. I wrote a blog about this topic. Create AWS account without a credit card. Hope it will help someone.

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You can use your debit card to create your free tier account. They basically charge you Rs.2 and that will be refunded once your account is created. You no more need to have a credit card in specific. Then again there needs to be some payment method linked to your account.

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