ACAakash Choudharyinawsdocs.hashnode.dev·Jul 21, 2025 · 4 min readHow AWS Billed me $400 Despite Free Credits, So I Built a Daily Cost TrackerI thought I was safe. I had AWS free credits, a modest ECS cluster, and a budget alert set at 75%. Everything felt under control, until I got slapped with a $400 surprise bill! Turns out, the ECS cluster kept running quietly for 10 days, and since it...00
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