AWS EC2 Mac (Dedicated Host)

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Free allowance: USD 100 of credit on a new account, inside the 6-month free-plan window after which the account closes
Verdict: triala time-boxed or one-time trial, not a recurring allowance
Cost: free tier
Identity: email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
Binding limit: request-rateno free allowance: a Mac instance bills on the same on-demand model as any other EC2 instance, with a 24-hour minimum allocation
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	USD 100 of credit on a new account, inside the 6-month free-plan window after which the account closes unit mixed; metered on wall-clock
Price	none stated
Limits	request-rate (binding) no free allowance: a Mac instance bills on the same on-demand model as any other EC2 instance, with a 24-hour minimum allocation source not stated
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Egress	not stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Interface	unknown
Reliability	no reliability event recorded
Evidence note	reported the EC2 Mac page was read on 2026-10-22 and offers the instance class with no free allowance of its own.

Evidence 2

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-02	aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/mac/	not published
2026-10-22	aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/mac/	the dedicated-Mac page is live and still sells EC2 Mac instances for building and signing Apple apps; it states no free allowance for a Mac instance

More fields 11

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 "keep_rate": 1.0,
 "keep_rate_basis": null,
 "billing_model": "unclassified",
 "shape": {
  "vcpu": null,
  "ram": null,
  "disk": null,
  "gpu_class": null,
  "gpu_count": null,
  "note": "dedicated Mac mini and Mac Studio hardware"
 },
 "session_cap": {
  "wall_clock_min": null,
  "idle_reap_s": null,
  "restart_required": false,
  "note": "Apple's licence forces a 24-hour minimum allocation per dedicated host; the page states no shorter clock"
 },
 "persistent_storage": null,
 "network_out": null,
 "price_note": null,
 "free_tier_kind": "none",
 "granularity": {
  "min_billed_s": 86400,
  "rounding_s": null
 },
 "net": null
}

Unknown values 10

$.chaining a source was read and is silent on this field
$.egress.metered egress metering was not published
$.egress.terms a source was read and is silent on this field
$.interface the access interface was not established
$.limits_note a source was read and is silent on this field
$.per_object_cap.stated a source was read and is silent on this field
$.reliability_note nothing of this kind was observed
$.retention.notes the field may be stated in a source that was not read
$.retention.stated a source was read and is silent on this field
$.tooling a source was read and is silent on this field