AWS CloudShell

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Free allowance: A browser shell with 1 GB of persistent storage per AWS Region, free with an AWS account
Verdict: triala time-boxed or one-time trial, not a recurring allowance
Cost: free tier
Identity: cardcard required, no phone
Binding limit: noneno named constraint binds
Evidence: reported2 sources; a third party said so
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-07checked 2026-10-23 (live); stale on 2026-11-07

Free tier	a browser shell with 1 GB of persistent storage per AWS Region, free with an AWS account unit GiB; metered on stored-bytes; no inbound SSH endpoint is published
Price	none stated
Limits	retention-clamped idle sessions end; 1 GB of persistent storage per Region source request-rate no inbound SSH endpoint is published source the persistent storage is per Region, so it is not one 1 GB directory
Identity	card an AWS account requires a card even for the always-free services
Egress	not published
Retention	a session persists within the Region; idle sessions end
Interface	ssh a browser terminal only; the AWS CLI is preconfigured
Tooling	a shell with the AWS CLI, git and common runtimes
Composes with	a shell that holds 1 GB per Region and cannot be reached from outside
Reliability	no reliability event recorded
Notes	A shell for driving the AWS CLI, with 1 GB per Region and no way in. It is a console feature rather than a host.
Evidence note	reported re-read live on 2026-10-22 for the free-tier and limit figures
Parsed numbers	retention-clamped 1 GB

Evidence 2

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-02	aws.amazon.com/cloudshell/	1 GB of persistent storage per AWS Region; browser terminal only with no inbound SSH
2026-10-22	aws.amazon.com/cloudshell/	read live: 1 GB free persistent storage per Region, browser terminal

More fields 7

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 "shape": null,
 "billing_model": "flat-pool",
 "session_cap": {
  "wall_clock_min": null,
  "idle_reap_s": null,
  "restart_required": false,
  "note": "idle sessions end; interval not published"
 },
 "keep_rate": {
  "value": 0.0,
  "basis": "free with the account",
  "source": "https://aws.amazon.com/cloudshell/"
 },
 "persistent_storage": {
  "included_gib": 1,
  "price_gib_month": "free",
  "durability": "per Region",
  "survives_stop": true,
  "survives_destroy": false,
  "max_retention": "while the account exists"
 },
 "network_out": {
  "allow_outbound": true,
  "allow_inbound_listen": false,
  "ports": "none",
  "static_ip": false,
  "ipv6": null,
  "per_session_bytes": null
 },
 "free_tier_kind": "allowance"
}

Unknown values 3

$.egress.metered egress metering was not published
$.per_object_cap.stated the field does not apply to this kind of offer
$.reliability_note nothing of this kind was observed