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I keep seeing posts and guides everywhere (including comments here) claiming the Always Free tier for Ampere A1 includes 4 OCPUs and 24GB of RAM. But when I check Oracle's official docs page right now, it explicitly says:
"All tenancies get the first 1,500 OCPU hours and 9,000 GB hours per month for free for VM instances using the VM.Standard.A1.Flex shape... For Always Free tenancies, this is equivalent to 2 OCPUs and 12 GB of memory."
So which is it? Did Oracle quietly cut the Always Free allocation from 4/24 down to 2/12 at some point, and older guides just haven't been updated? Or is there some setting/account type that unlocks the full 4/24 for free?
I'm currently in my 30-day/$300 trial period and was able to provision an instance with way more than 2 OCPU/12GB (it still showed "Always Free-eligible" even at higher specs). I'm worried that once the trial ends, anything over 2/12 will start getting billed. Has anyone confirmed what actually happens after the trial — does it auto-scale down, get reclaimed, or just silently bill the card on file?
Trying to avoid any surprise charges, so any first-hand experience post-trial would help a lot. Thanks!
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"All tenancies get the first 1,500 OCPU hours and 9,000 GB hours per month for free for VM instances using the VM.Standard.A1.Flex shape... For Always Free tenancies, this is equivalent to 2 OCPUs and 12 GB of memory."
So which is it? Did Oracle quietly cut the Always Free allocation from 4/24 down to 2/12 at some point, and older guides just haven't been updated? Or is there some setting/account type that unlocks the full 4/24 for free?
I'm currently in my 30-day/$300 trial period and was able to provision an instance with way more than 2 OCPU/12GB (it still showed "Always Free-eligible" even at higher specs). I'm worried that once the trial ends, anything over 2/12 will start getting billed. Has anyone confirmed what actually happens after the trial — does it auto-scale down, get reclaimed, or just silently bill the card on file?
Trying to avoid any surprise charges, so any first-hand experience post-trial would help a lot. Thanks!
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