AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 786

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 service that is always offered at no additional charge to AWS customers. In contrast, Amazon Athena charges based on the data scanned by queries, AWS Secrets Manager charges per active secret and API call, and Amazon ElastiCache has hourly costs associated with running cache nodes.