The new free tier facilitates private, resilient network connections between workloads on AWS and other public clouds such as Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, simplifying multicloud architectures. This offering provides a fully managed 500 Mbps Interconnect with identical network path and device resiliency to paid options, supporting up to about 160 TB monthly data transfer.
Available once per AWS Region per customer per CSP, the free tier includes Amazon CloudWatch Network Synthetic Monitor integration to help monitor network health and performance. Pricing for the other CSP side varies independently. This move aids customers in evaluating and operating multicloud environments with reduced cost barriers.
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AWS Interconnect - multicloud now offers a free 500 Mbps tier ↗Source published 2026-05-29. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.