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AWS Service Terms
AWS Service Terms
Last Updated: July 9, 2026
Last Updated: July 17, 2026
1. Universal Service Terms (Applicable to All Services)
The Service Terms below govern your use of the Services. Capitalized terms used in these Service Terms but not defined below are defined in the
AWS Customer Agreement
1. Universal Service Terms (Applicable to All Services)
The Service Terms below govern your use of the Services. Capitalized terms used in these Service Terms but not defined below are defined in the
AWS Customer Agreement
5.3.
Unless you specify a termination date, your Spot Instance request will remain active until the earlier of the following: (1) seven days have passed, (2) we fulfill it, or (3) you cancel it. We may terminate, stop, or hibernate Spot Instances at any time and without any notice to you if the current price for the applicable Spot Instance (the “Spot Price”) equals or exceeds the price you specified you were willing to pay for the Spot Instance (“Your Maximum Price”). Spot Instances purchased for a fixed duration (“Spot Blocks”) will not be terminated because the Spot Price equals or exceeds Your Maximum Price (if specified), but will terminate at the conclusion of the fixed duration. Spot Instances and Spot Blocks may also be terminated for AWS capacity requirements. If a Spot Block is terminated due to AWS capacity requirements, you will not be charged for that Spot Block. Spot Instances may not be used with certain Services, features, and third-party software we specify, including IBM software packages or Microsoft SQL Server. You may not, directly, indirectly, alone, or in cooperation with any third party, attempt to control, influence, or manipulate the price for Spot Instances. You may not submit requests for Spot Instances through any third party (e.g., “proxy bidding”) or share information with any third party regarding Your Maximum Price specified in your Spot Instance Requests.
5.4.
5.3.
Unless you specify a termination date, your Spot Instance request will remain active until the earlier of the following: (1) seven days have passed, (2) we fulfill it, or (3) you cancel it. We may terminate, stop, or hibernate Spot Instances at any time and without any notice to you if the current price for the applicable Spot Instance (the “Spot Price”) equals or exceeds the price you specified you were willing to pay for the Spot Instance (“Your Maximum Price”). Spot Instances purchased for a fixed duration (“Spot Blocks”) will not be terminated because the Spot Price equals or exceeds Your Maximum Price (if specified), but will terminate at the conclusion of the fixed duration. Spot Instances and Spot Blocks may also be terminated for AWS capacity requirements. If a Spot Block is terminated due to AWS capacity requirements, you will not be charged for that Spot Block. Spot Instances may not be used with certain Services, features, and third-party software we specify, including IBM software packages or Microsoft SQL Server. You may not, directly, indirectly, alone, or in cooperation with any third party, attempt to control, influence, or manipulate the price for Spot Instances. You may not submit requests for Spot Instances through any third party (e.g., “proxy bidding”) or share information with any third party regarding Your Maximum Price specified in your Spot Instance Requests.
5.4.
5.4
EC2 Reserved Instances and Dedicated Hosts.
EC2 Reserved Instances and Dedicated Hosts
5.4.1.
We may change Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instance and EC2 Dedicated Host Reservation pricing at any time, but price changes will not apply to previously designated Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instances or EC2 Dedicated Host Reservations, except as described in this Section 5.4. If Microsoft increases the license fees it charges for Windows, or if Red Hat increases the license fees it charges for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (“RHEL”), we may make a corresponding increase to the per-hour usage rate (or institute a corresponding per-hour usage rate) for Savings Plans for, or EC2 Reserved Instances with, Windows or RHEL. Any increase in (or institution of) the per-hour usage rate for Savings Plans for, or EC2 Reserved Instances with, Windows will be made between December 1 and January 31, and we will provide 30 days’ notice. For any increase in (or institution of) the per-hour usage rate for Savings Plans for, or EC2 Reserved Instances with, RHEL, we will provide 30 days’ advance notice. If this happens, you may: (a) continue to use your EC2 Reserved Instances with Windows or RHEL with the new per-hour usage price; (b) convert your EC2 Reserved Instances with Windows or RHEL to comparable EC2 Reserved Instances with Linux; or (c) terminate your EC2 Reserved Instances with Windows or RHEL and receive a pro rata refund of the up-front fee you paid for the terminated EC2 Reserved Instances with Windows or RHEL.
5.4.2.
We may terminate the Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instance or EC2 Dedicated Host Reservation pricing programs at any time. Savings Plans and EC2 Dedicated Hosts are nontransferable, and EC2 Reserved Instances are only transferrable in accordance with the requirements of the RI Marketplace provided on the AWS Site. Scheduled Instances and Convertible Reserved Instances are not eligible for the RI Marketplace. Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instances and EC2 Dedicated Host Reservations are noncancellable, and EC2 Dedicated Hosts associated with an active EC2 Dedicated Host Reservation cannot be removed from your account, so you will be charged for the duration of the term you selected, even if you terminate the Agreement. All amounts paid in connection with Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instances and EC2 Dedicated Host Reservations are nonrefundable, except that if we terminate the Agreement other than for cause, terminate an individual EC2 Reserved Instance or EC2 Dedicated Host Reservation type, or terminate the Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instance or EC2 Dedicated Host pricing program(s), we will refund you a pro rata portion of any up-front fee paid in connection with any previously designated Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instances or EC2 Dedicated Hosts. You may not purchase EC2 Reserved Instances for the purpose of reselling them in the RI Marketplace, and we reserve the right to refuse or cancel your purchase if we suspect you are doing so. Upon expiration or termination of the term of Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instances or EC2 Dedicated Host Reservations, the reserved pricing will expire and standard on-demand usage prices will apply. You are responsible for determining if you are subject to any limitations arising from the purchase of Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instances or EC2 Dedicated Host Reservations. For example, you are responsible for complying with any applicable laws, policies, terms or conditions governing your payment of up-front fees or the expiration of reserved resources, including any fiscal or appropriation laws, or other policies or restrictions governing up-front payments for goods or services.
5.4.1.
We may change Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instance and EC2 Dedicated Host Reservation pricing at any time, but price changes will not apply to previously designated Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instances or EC2 Dedicated Host Reservations, except as described in this Section 5.4. If Microsoft increases the license fees it charges for Windows, or if Red Hat increases the license fees it charges for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (“RHEL”), we may make a corresponding increase to the per-hour usage rate (or institute a corresponding per-hour usage rate) for Savings Plans for, or EC2 Reserved Instances with, Windows or RHEL. Any increase in (or institution of) the per-hour usage rate for Savings Plans for, or EC2 Reserved Instances with, Windows will be made between December 1 and January 31, and we will provide 30 days’ notice. For any increase in (or institution of) the per-hour usage rate for Savings Plans for, or EC2 Reserved Instances with, RHEL, we will provide 30 days’ advance notice. If this happens, you may: (a) continue to use your EC2 Reserved Instances with Windows or RHEL with the new per-hour usage price; (b) convert your EC2 Reserved Instances with Windows or RHEL to comparable EC2 Reserved Instances with Linux; or (c) terminate your EC2 Reserved Instances with Windows or RHEL and receive a pro rata refund of the up-front fee you paid for the terminated EC2 Reserved Instances with Windows or RHEL.
5.4.2.
We may terminate the Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instance or EC2 Dedicated Host Reservation pricing programs at any time. Savings Plans and EC2 Dedicated Hosts are nontransferable, and EC2 Reserved Instances are only transferrable in accordance with the requirements of the RI Marketplace provided on the AWS Site. Scheduled Instances and Convertible Reserved Instances are not eligible for the RI Marketplace. Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instances and EC2 Dedicated Host Reservations are noncancellable, and EC2 Dedicated Hosts associated with an active EC2 Dedicated Host Reservation cannot be removed from your account, so you will be charged for the duration of the term you selected, even if you terminate the Agreement. All amounts paid in connection with Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instances and EC2 Dedicated Host Reservations are nonrefundable, except that if we terminate the Agreement other than for cause, terminate an individual EC2 Reserved Instance or EC2 Dedicated Host Reservation type, or terminate the Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instance or EC2 Dedicated Host pricing program(s), we will refund you a pro rata portion of any up-front fee paid in connection with any previously designated Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instances or EC2 Dedicated Hosts. You may not purchase EC2 Reserved Instances for the purpose of reselling them in the RI Marketplace, and we reserve the right to refuse or cancel your purchase if we suspect you are doing so. Upon expiration or termination of the term of Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instances or EC2 Dedicated Host Reservations, the reserved pricing will expire and standard on-demand usage prices will apply. You are responsible for determining if you are subject to any limitations arising from the purchase of Savings Plans, EC2 Reserved Instances or EC2 Dedicated Host Reservations. For example, you are responsible for complying with any applicable laws, policies, terms or conditions governing your payment of up-front fees or the expiration of reserved resources, including any fiscal or appropriation laws, or other policies or restrictions governing up-front payments for goods or services.
5.5
5.5.
EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML. AWS Capacity Blocks cannot be canceled nor can they be modified, and the full price of a Capacity Block is nonrefundable. You are responsible for determining if you are subject to any limitations arising from the purchase of Capacity Blocks. For example, you are responsible for complying with any applicable laws, policies, terms or conditions governing your payment of up-front fees or the expiration of reserved resources, including any fiscal or appropriation laws, or other policies or restrictions governing up-front payments for goods or services. During the final 30 minutes of a Capacity Block, we may terminate your instances without notice and prevent new instance launches into your reservation. Capacity Blocks are nontransferable. Capacity Blocks that you purchase cannot be resold to another party, and we reserve the right to refuse or cancel your purchase if we suspect you are doing so. You may not cooperate with any third party in an attempt to influence or manipulate the price for Capacity Blocks. You may not submit requests for Capacity Blocks through any third party (e.g., “proxy purchasing”).
5.6.
EC2 Reserved Instance (RI) Marketplace.
5.5. EC2 Capacity Reservations
5.5.1.
EC2 On-Demand Capacity Reservations. On-Demand Capacity Reservations (purchased for immediate use or future-dated) cannot be resold to another party. If we suspect you are doing so, we may take appropriate actions, such as cancelling your purchase or terminating EC2 instances launched via the resold reservation.
5.5.2.
EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML. AWS Capacity Blocks cannot be canceled nor can they be modified, and the full price of a Capacity Block is nonrefundable. You are responsible for determining if you are subject to any limitations arising from the purchase of Capacity Blocks. For example, you are responsible for complying with any applicable laws, policies, terms or conditions governing your payment of up-front fees or the expiration of reserved resources, including any fiscal or appropriation laws, or other policies or restrictions governing up-front payments for goods or services. During the final 30 minutes (for instance types) or 60 minutes (for UltraServer type) of a Capacity Block, we may terminate your instances without notice and prevent new instance launches into your reservation. Capacity Blocks are nontransferable. Capacity Blocks that you purchase cannot be resold to another party, and we reserve the right to refuse or cancel your purchase if we suspect you are doing so. You may not cooperate with any third party in an attempt to influence or manipulate the price for Capacity Blocks. You may not submit requests for Capacity Blocks through any third party (e.g., “proxy purchasing”).
5.6. EC2 Reserved Instance (RI) Marketplace
5.6.1.
The rights to an active EC2 Reserved Instance can be offered for sale through the RI Marketplace as long as (1) the remaining term on the Reserved Instance is greater than 1 month and (2) your payment of the upfront charge for it has been received and processed (for credit card purchases, 30 days after you have paid the upfront fee, and for invoice purchases, after you have paid the applicable invoice) (a “Marketable EC2 Reserved Instance”). You can be a “Seller” if you are a current AWS customer in good standing, you have a Marketable EC2 Reserved Instance associated with your AWS account, and you complete the registration process through your AWS account. You can be a “Buyer” if you are a current AWS customer in good standing. Non-U.S.-based entities may not be Sellers without providing the Form W-8BEN (Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding) to establish that you are not a U.S. person. You can resell an EC2 Reserved Instance that you previously purchased through the RI Marketplace. You may not resell an EC2 Reserved Instance that you purchased through a discount program (Reserved Instance Volume Discounts or otherwise) without obtaining our prior approval.
5.6.2.
5.6.1.
The rights to an active EC2 Reserved Instance can be offered for sale through the RI Marketplace as long as (1) the remaining term on the Reserved Instance is greater than 1 month and (2) your payment of the upfront charge for it has been received and processed (for credit card purchases, 30 days after you have paid the upfront fee, and for invoice purchases, after you have paid the applicable invoice) (a “Marketable EC2 Reserved Instance”). You can be a “Seller” if you are a current AWS customer in good standing, you have a Marketable EC2 Reserved Instance associated with your AWS account, and you complete the registration process through your AWS account. You can be a “Buyer” if you are a current AWS customer in good standing. Non-U.S.-based entities may not be Sellers without providing the Form W-8BEN (Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding) to establish that you are not a U.S. person. You can resell an EC2 Reserved Instance that you previously purchased through the RI Marketplace. You may not resell an EC2 Reserved Instance that you purchased through a discount program (Reserved Instance Volume Discounts or otherwise) without obtaining our prior approval.
5.6.2.
20.2.
Seller Terms. If you promote, license, sell, provide or provide access to any Content or services through AWS Marketplace, or authorize another party to do so on your behalf, then the
Service Terms for AWS Marketplace Sellers
20.2.
Seller Terms. If you promote, license, sell, provide or provide access to any Content or services through AWS Marketplace, or authorize another party to do so on your behalf, then the
Service Terms for AWS Marketplace Sellers
20.2
apply to you. Your use of the Buy with AWS feature is subject to the
Buy with AWS Trademarks License
.
apply to you.
21. AWS Ground Station
21.1.
Any guidance provided through Licensing Accelerator or by AWS Ground Station is provided for your convenience, does not constitute legal or compliance advice, and is not subject to any legal professional privilege. You are responsible for making your own assessment of whether your use of AWS Ground Station meets applicable legal and regulatory requirements, including by engaging with a legal professional if necessary.
21. AWS Ground Station
21.1.
Any guidance provided through Licensing Accelerator or by AWS Ground Station is provided for your convenience, does not constitute legal or compliance advice, and is not subject to any legal professional privilege. You are responsible for making your own assessment of whether your use of AWS Ground Station meets applicable legal and regulatory requirements, including by engaging with a legal professional if necessary.
): (i) the
Amazon Sidewalk Program Requirements
; (ii) the
): (i) the
Amazon Sidewalk Program Requirements
; (ii) the
39.12.1
Works with Amazon Sidewalk Qualification Guidelines
On Amazon Sidewalk qualification program
; and (iii) the
Amazon Sidewalk Program Security Requirements
. We may suspend or terminate Amazon Sidewalk and/or your access to it at any time without prior notice.
39.12.2.
; and (iii) the
Amazon Sidewalk Program Security Requirements
. We may suspend or terminate Amazon Sidewalk and/or your access to it at any time without prior notice.
39.12.2.
39.12.2
You may not sell, distribute, or otherwise make available any device, component, or other product that connects to, enables connectivity to, or interacts with Amazon Sidewalk (an “AS Device”) unless that AS Device has been and remains qualified at all times through the Works with Amazon Sidewalk (“WWAS”)
qualification program
You may not sell, distribute, or otherwise make available any device, component, or other product that connects to, enables connectivity to, or interacts with Amazon Sidewalk (an “AS Device”) unless that AS Device has been and remains qualified at all times through the
On Amazon Sidewalk Qualification program
.
39.12.3.
We may collect and use certain information related to your AS Devices, including transmission and authentication identifiers. We use this data for purposes of maintaining and providing AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk. You provide specific authorization for AWS to use Ring LLC as a sub-processor in accordance with the DPA to process Customer Data in the US in order to make Amazon Sidewalk available for this feature.
.
39.12.3.
We may collect and use certain information related to your AS Devices, including transmission and authentication identifiers. We use this data for purposes of maintaining and providing AWS IoT Core for Amazon Sidewalk. You provide specific authorization for AWS to use Ring LLC as a sub-processor in accordance with the DPA to process Customer Data in the US in order to make Amazon Sidewalk available for this feature.
Gateways are owned by customers who are contributing bandwidth from their Gateway’s existing internet service to Amazon Sidewalk, and are separate from and located outside of AWS data center facilities, servers, networking equipment, storage media, and host software systems. Consequently, (i) you are responsible for ensuring the security of your products and services in connection with their usage of or connectivity to Amazon Sidewalk, (ii) any commitments made in the Agreement related to security do not apply to Amazon Sidewalk, and (iii) Amazon Sidewalk coverage, density, bandwidth, up-time, and availability is not guaranteed and may change without notice.
39.12.5.
Subject to your compliance at all times with the Agreement and the
Gateways are owned by customers who are contributing bandwidth from their Gateway’s existing internet service to Amazon Sidewalk, and are separate from and located outside of AWS data center facilities, servers, networking equipment, storage media, and host software systems. Consequently, (i) you are responsible for ensuring the security of your products and services in connection with their usage of or connectivity to Amazon Sidewalk, (ii) any commitments made in the Agreement related to security do not apply to Amazon Sidewalk, and (iii) Amazon Sidewalk coverage, density, bandwidth, up-time, and availability is not guaranteed and may change without notice.
39.12.5.
Subject to your compliance at all times with the Agreement and the
39.12.5
Works with Amazon Sidewalk Badge Guidelines
, we hereby grant you a non-exclusive, royalty-free, and revocable license to use AWS Marks provided to you in connection with the WWAS qualification program (collectively, the “WWAS Marks”), to identify your WWAS-qualified AS Devices as using or being compatible with Amazon Sidewalk. Your use of WWAS Marks is also subject to Sections 4-7, 9, 11, and 14-18, of the
On Amazon Sidewalk Badge Guidelines
, we hereby grant you a non-exclusive, royalty-free, and revocable license to use the On Amazon Sidewalk badge provided to you in connection with the On Amazon Sidewalk qualification program, to identify your qualified AS Devices as using or being compatible with Amazon Sidewalk. This license is conditioned upon your compliance with the
AWS Trademark Guidelines
AWS Trademark Guidelines
. You must include the following statement in any materials that display the WWAS Marks: “Amazon, Amazon Sidewalk, and all related marks are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.” We may include information about you and your AS Devices in our marketing materials to identify you as a participant in the WWAS program, including your name, logo, images, and videos of your AS Devices.
. We may include information about you and your AS Devices in our marketing materials to identify you as a participant in the On Amazon Sidewalk program, including your name, logo, images, and videos of your AS Devices.
39.13. Managed integrations.
Managed integrations is a feature of AWS IoT Device Management that allows you to create or access cloud-to-cloud connectors which link your AWS resources with one or more of your devices (“C2C Connectors”). Any C2C Connector you create is Your Content, and any C2C Connector created by another customer that you access is Third-Party Content. AWS does not create or manage any C2C Connectors.
You may share your C2C Connectors with other AWS customers. If you do, you authorize AWS as your service provider to list those C2C Connectors and related contact information on the AWS Console and on the AWS Site and you understand that other AWS customers may contact you. You are solely responsible for granting customers access to your C2C Connectors and for any terms governing another AWS customer’s access to your C2C Connectors. All such terms are solely between you and such other AWS customer. If you do not specify any such terms before granting access, you thereby grant such customer a non-exclusive license to access, use, copy, distribute or otherwise exploit such C2C Connector for any personal or business purposes.
39.13. Managed integrations.
Managed integrations is a feature of AWS IoT Device Management that allows you to create or access cloud-to-cloud connectors which link your AWS resources with one or more of your devices (“C2C Connectors”). Any C2C Connector you create is Your Content, and any C2C Connector created by another customer that you access is Third-Party Content. AWS does not create or manage any C2C Connectors.
You may share your C2C Connectors with other AWS customers. If you do, you authorize AWS as your service provider to list those C2C Connectors and related contact information on the AWS Console and on the AWS Site and you understand that other AWS customers may contact you. You are solely responsible for granting customers access to your C2C Connectors and for any terms governing another AWS customer’s access to your C2C Connectors. All such terms are solely between you and such other AWS customer. If you do not specify any such terms before granting access, you thereby grant such customer a non-exclusive license to access, use, copy, distribute or otherwise exploit such C2C Connector for any personal or business purposes.