Compute
Amazon WorkSpaces
- Timebilled
- Bytesnot billed
- Callsnot billed
In one line
AlwaysOn desktops pay a fixed monthly rate. AutoStop pays a smaller monthly base fee plus hourly usage.
What gets missed
The monthly fee is pro-rated in the first month only, then charged in full even if nobody logs in. Flipping AutoStop to AlwaysOn mid-month overlaps both models, so AWS suggests doing it near month end.
Find it on your bill
Filter Cost Explorer or your Cost and Usage Report by these usage types. A usage type with no region prefix means us-east-1.
AW-HW-1AW-HW-1-AutoStop-UsageAW-HW-1-AutoStop-User
Bills the same way
These services turn exactly the same meters, so what you learn here transfers.