AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 607

Which AWS service is always available free of charge to users?

Answer options

• A. Amazon Athena
• B. AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• C. AWS Secrets Manager
• D. Amazon ElastiCache

Correct answer: B

Explanation

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a core security feature of AWS that is offered completely free of charge. In contrast, Amazon Athena, AWS Secrets Manager, and Amazon ElastiCache are paid services that incur costs based on queries, stored secrets, or provisioned cache nodes.