Amazon launches 'Free Usage Tier' for developers

MUMBAI, INDIA: Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com Company has announced that developers and businesses will be able to take advantage of a new free usage tier for a full year.

Beginning November 1, new AWS customers will be able to run a free Amazon EC2 instance for a year, while also leveraging a new free usage tier for Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic Block Store, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, and AWS data transfer said a press release.

This will enable developers to launch new applications, broaden their AWS knowledge, or simply gain hands-on familiarity with the services.

"We're excited to introduce a free usage tier for new AWS customers to help them get started on AWS," said Adam Selipsky, vice president, Amazon Web Services.

Selipsky added, "Everyone from entrepreneurial college students to developers at Fortune 500 companies can now launch new applications at zero expense and with the peace of mind that they can instantly scale to accommodate growth. We can't wait to see what great ideas are set in motion now that it's free to experiment and launch production applications in the AWS cloud."