Amazon WorkSpaces Personal (Windows)
- Free allowance
- 5 Performance AutoStop Ubuntu WorkSpaces with 100 combined hours a month, 80 GB root and 100 GB user volume, free for up to 3 months; a Paid account plan is required at signup
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- cardcard required, no phone
- Binding limit
- write-gateda Paid account plan is required to open the WorkSpaces console, so a free-plan account cannot provision one
- Evidence
- documented2 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-23checked 2026-10-23 (live); stale on 2026-11-23
| Free tier | 5 Performance AutoStop Ubuntu WorkSpaces with 100 combined hours a month, 80 GB root and 100 GB user volume, free for up to 3 months; a Paid account plan is required at signup unit mixed; metered on wall-clock |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
not stated |
| Identity | card 'When creating your AWS account, you'll need to select a Paid account plan to access the WorkSpaces console', quoted from the pricing page read 2026-10-22; a payment method is the gate |
| Egress | not stated |
| Per-object cap | not stated |
| Retention | not stated |
| Interface | unknown |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Evidence note | documented the WorkSpaces pricing page was read on 2026-10-22. The free allowance is 5 Performance AutoStop Ubuntu desktops with 100 combined hours a month for up to 3 months, and the page states that a Paid account plan is required to reach the console at all |
Evidence 2
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | aws.amazon.com/workspaces/desktop-as-a-service/pricing/ | not published |
| 2026-10-22 | aws.amazon.com/workspaces/desktop-as-a-service/pricing/ | '5 Performance AutoStop Ubuntu WorkSpaces with 100 hours combined monthly usage, 80GB root + 100GB user volume, free for up to 3 months' and 'Amazon WorkSpaces Pools will no longer accept new customers beginning July 31, 2026' and 'When creating your AWS account, you'll need to select a Paid account plan to access the WorkSpaces console', quoted |
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