Amazon has offered a free tier to get customers hooked on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for some time, but customers were limited to the Linux Micro Instance.

In 2010, AWS began offering a free usage tier. ... prices have been reduced as much as 18 percent for MySQL and Oracle BYOL (Bring Your Own License) and 28 percent for SQL Server BYOL.

The best way to think of the free tier to Amazon Web Services is as a stepping-stone. It allows you to get your feet wet with the basic mechanisms of AWS and EC2; to understand Amazon’s handling ...

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is now available in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) free usage tier, allowing new customers to use the Linux platform for up to 750 hours each month as they test drive SUSE ...

SQL Server on Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines (VM) had up to 86.8% better price-performance when comparing Azure Hybrid Benefit to AWS License Mobility for three-year compute commitment, and up ...

AWS today announced a new database product that is clearly meant to go after Microsoft’s SQL Server and make it easier — and cheaper — for SQL Server users to migrate to the AWS cloud. The ...

AWS chief evangelist Jeff Barr announced the change in a blog post, stating that the company is expanding the free tier from 1 GB to 100 GB per month for data transfer from AWS region to the internet.