What changes when the trial ends?
AWS announced on November 10, 2026 that AWS Marketplace can automatically convert free trials of usage-based software-as-a-service products into paid subscriptions. The same subscription continues without a new sign-up, with usage billed at the seller’s pricing from the conversion date.
Sellers can set trial lengths of 7 to 90 days. AWS says the capability is available for public offers in all AWS Regions where AWS Marketplace is available. It does not apply to every kind of free trial: SaaS contract trials still expire when their trial period ends.
Check the date, price and reminders
Before subscribing, the procurement page shows the trial length, conversion date and post-trial pricing. Buyers must accept the automatic-conversion terms.
The buyer guide says AWS Marketplace sends reminders three days and one day before conversion, plus a 15-day reminder for trials longer than 15 days. Review the actual offer and its conversion date rather than assuming the trial will stop by itself.
Accounts on AWS’s free account plan cannot subscribe to trials that convert automatically. Each AWS account can use one free trial per product.
How to stop the conversion
Open Manage subscriptions in the AWS Marketplace console and cancel the subscription, or follow the instructions in the reminder email. If you cancel before the conversion date, AWS does not charge for software usage during the trial. If you cancel after that date, usage charges run from conversion until cancellation.
Cancellation ends the subscription, and the seller can end product access. The free-trial rule concerns software usage; it should not be read as a promise that every other AWS resource you use is free.
Existing trials keep their current terms
An older free-trial offer does not convert until its seller enables the change. The seller guide says that update cannot be undone. New subscribers then receive the automatic-conversion terms, while buyers already in a trial finish under their existing terms and their trials expire.
