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I feel as though you may have encountered the same problem as I did when starting my Amazon service. The micro instance - the free tier - is actually free, and
by jat850 16y ago
I feel as though you may have encountered the same problem as I did when starting my Amazon service.
The micro instance - the free tier - is actually free, and if you run more than one, additional ones cost roughly $15/month.
However, what most likely happened is that when spinning up your first instance, you started a "Small" instance instead of a micro. "Small" is the default server selected when adding a new instance through the AWS webpage, and I did the same thing without realizing right away that it was not the free tier.
Small instances cost roughly $67.50 per running month, so it would seem to me that this could have been what happened to you.
- blhack 16y agoYeah, I think that's what happened to me to. I guess it just felt kindof "bait-and-switch"y to me. Imagine going into a restaurant that says "free buffet", where there are some non-free things mixed in that aren't really labeled all that well. The thing is, yeah, I made a mistake and clicked the wrong thing. That happens. What was frustrating to me, though, and why I'll never use AWS again was how long it took to find out what happened. There was no support email, no support chat, nothing.