Creating AWS Free Tier account without using credit card

Question

Is it possible to make a free tier AWS account without disclosing credit card details? I just want to use the account for personal practice and not commercially.

Answer 1

To answer your question, it is not possible to make an AWS account without giving your credit card details.

However, Amazon has a provision for making the account in free tier. This implies that a multitude if services will be at your disposal free of cost given that you adhere to the limits they have set. Since you only require the account for personal practice and not commercial use, in my opinion, it is fairly possible that you will not be charged anything.

AWS will notify you in case you exceed the limit or are at the end of their yearly subscription. Nothing will be charged from you without your knowledge.

For Amazon's guidelines on free tier account, refer to : 

https://aws.amazon.com/free/?all-free-tier.sort-by=item.additionalFields.SortRank&all-free-tier.sort-order=asc

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Answer 2

You can’t create a free tier account in AWS without using a credit card. Credit cards are meant for verification and billing purposes. Once you have created a account on AWS, you are automatically eligible for a free tier, which includes dozens of AWS services at your disposal for a particular limited usage. After that it will be automatically pay-as-you-go service. but , to make it a bit clear, there is no “free” account in AWS. Each account is fully production ready.