Answers: <p>My free tier account uses 30ish GB for in a VM, and I am getting a warning that I am approaching the GB limit (which I am), since day one.</p>
  
  <p>For me, although I'm not a native speaker, the  <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/free/?awsf.Free%20Tier%20Types=categories%2312monthsfree" rel="nofollow noreferrer">description</a> ...</p>
  
  <pre><code>STORAGE &amp; CONTENT DELIVERY   
  Amazon Elastic Block Storage
  30 GB
  
  any combination of General Purpose (SSD) or Magnetic
  
  Persistent, durable, low-latency block-level storage volumes for EC2 
  instances
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>...also seems pretty straightforward: 30 GB for your volumes for your instances. 
  Summed up, not "per".</p>
  
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Answers: <p>There is no EC2 under always free tier, only under 12 months free tier.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have an issue with amazon free tier account, I have deployed two EC2 instances (1 linux and 1 windows) on amazon each having 30GB of storage which is permissible under free tier, these instances are continuously running 24/7 so that they are always available,what I don't understand is that starting last month I have had charges to my account for exceeding cloud storage usage that have left me confused.</p>
  
  <p>I have read details on <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/free" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Free Tier</a> more than 5 times but I still can't understand what I'm doing wrong, checked the Cost Explorer, the only thing that comes to mind is perhaps the 30GB is applied universally for all instances but I am not sure as I don't know how my account usage is calculated. I have tried contacting support assistant but I am yet to receive any response from them.</p>
  
  <p>I would really appreciate if someone helped set some things straight because I have hit a wall with this one.</p>
  
Tags: <amazon-web-services><amazon-ec2><billing>
Title: Why does amazon charge for free tier usage?
UserDisplayName: AguThadeus
ThreadText: # Why does amazon charge for free tier usage?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-19)
  
  I have an issue with amazon free tier account, I have deployed two EC2 instances (1 linux and 1 windows) on amazon each having 30GB of storage which is permissible under free tier, these instances are continuously running 24/7 so that they are always available,what I don't understand is that starting last month I have had charges to my account for exceeding cloud storage usage that have left me confused.
  
  I have read details on [Free Tier](https://aws.amazon.com/free) more than 5 times but I still can't understand what I'm doing wrong, checked the Cost Explorer, the only thing that comes to mind is perhaps the 30GB is applied universally for all instances but I am not sure as I don't know how my account usage is calculated. I have tried contacting support assistant but I am yet to receive any response from them.
  
  I would really appreciate if someone helped set some things straight because I have hit a wall with this one.
  
  **Tags:** amazon-web-services, amazon-ec2, billing
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-07-19. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  My free tier account uses 30ish GB for in a VM, and I am getting a warning that I am approaching the GB limit (which I am), since day one.
  
  For me, although I'm not a native speaker, the [description](https://aws.amazon.com/free/?awsf.Free%20Tier%20Types=categories%2312monthsfree) ...
  
  ```
  STORAGE & CONTENT DELIVERY   
  Amazon Elastic Block Storage
  30 GB
  
  any combination of General Purpose (SSD) or Magnetic
  
  Persistent, durable, low-latency block-level storage volumes for EC2 
  instances
  
  ```
  
  ...also seems pretty straightforward: 30 GB for your volumes for your instances.
  Summed up, not "per".
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks, I guess this has to be the case because I cant find any other explanation for this  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-07-19. Score: 1
  
  There is no EC2 under always free tier, only under 12 months free tier.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Yes I know, sorry if I was unclear, I am currently 3 months in (using the 1 year free trial) that's why i am surprised I have started accumulating costs this early  
  > **username_2**: I guess 30GB is overall EBS under free tier, but then it's not clear, why you weren't charged for the first months.  
  
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