In the free tier, most services are free until a certain limit. EC2 instances are free for 750 hours a month when running, but volumes attached to the instances will be charged even if the instance is stopped.
There is a detailed list provided by Amazon regarding their charging policies in the free tier on this AWS Pricing.
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