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Upgrade your account in AWS Settings

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When you sign up with Sign up for AWS (new), your accounts are in the Free Tier. In the Free Tier, you receive USD $100 sign up credit and earn up to $100 in additional credits. When you either run out of credits or have an account that is over 6 months, you must upgrade to a Paid Plan. You can also upgrade to a Paid Plan at any time. When you upgrade to a Paid Plan, you have access to the services listed in AWS services included in the Paid Plan of our new AWS experience.

Considerations for upgrading your account

Consider the following when you upgrade to a Paid Plan:

  • You cannot upgrade individual projects. All your projects are upgraded when you upgrade your account.

  • When you upgrade, you will have access to Always Free services and short-term trial offers.

  • You are eligible for other promotional credits and discounts.

  • You must pay for charges that exceed the credit balance.

  • You can create a spend limit to set the most you'll pay per month for a project. For more information, see Create a spend limit in AWS Settings.

  • You cannot designate any projects as HIPAA or SEC compliant.

  • Your account doesn't close when credits are depleted.

  • This does not upgrade you to Sign up for AWS (advanced). None of the features that are only supported for accounts created using Sign up for AWS (advanced) will become available when you upgrade your account. However, you can Activate advanced AWS features for your account.

  • You cannot reverse the upgrade process.

Upgrade your account in AWS Settings

To upgrade your account

  1. Open AWS Settings at https://settings.aws.com.

  2. In the main navigation pane, choose Billing.

  3. Choose Upgrade.

  4. Choose Get started.

  5. Add your payment method.

    Based on your location, you might need to provide some tax information.

  6. Choose Upgrade account.

  7. Choose Continue to return to building or choose Set spend limits to set a spend limit. For more information on spend limits, see Create a spend limit in AWS Settings.

  8. Choose Go to console.

Your upgrade is complete.