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How do I properly create an always free Ampere A1 instance on a Pay As You Go account?

in OCI - General 5 comments

Hello,

I upgraded my account from "Always Free" to "Pay As You Go".

Then, I created an Ampere A1 instance (VM.Standard.A1.Flex, 4 OCPUs, 24GB RAM),

thinking it would automatically be in the range of 'Always Free'.

Yet, I got an invoice of around $2 the next day.

There is no information in the billing part in the oracle website, no usage statement/payment history, and cost analysis says $0.

Now I have couple of questions regarding this occasion.

  1. Is there no way to create an always free A1 (ARM) instance after upgrading to PAYG account?
  2. How do I accurately track how much I would be charged? There seem to be not much information around this..
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