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AWS guardduty documentation change

Service: guardduty · 2026-04-25 · Documentation low

File: guardduty/latest/ug/guardduty-pricing.md

Summary

Updated pricing documentation for Malware Protection for S3, changing references from '12-month Free Tier' to 'Free Tier' and clarifying the free tier model.

Security assessment

This is a pricing and marketing documentation change. It updates terms related to free tier offerings but doesn't discuss security features, vulnerabilities, or changes to security functionality.

Diff

diff --git a/guardduty/latest/ug/guardduty-pricing.md b/guardduty/latest/ug/guardduty-pricing.md
index ccf4f0186..01e994a05 100644
--- a//guardduty/latest/ug/guardduty-pricing.md
+++ b//guardduty/latest/ug/guardduty-pricing.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-Using GuardDuty 30-day free trialUsing Malware Protection for S3 with 12-month Free Tier
+Using GuardDuty 30-day free trialUsing Malware Protection for S3 with Free Tier
@@ -23 +23 @@ AWS Free Tier helps you explore and try out AWS services free of charge up to sp
-On-demand malware scan (under Malware Protection for EC2) and Malware Protection for S3 don't fall into the GuardDuty 30-day short term free trial category. Malware Protection for S3 falls into the 12 months free category of the AWS Free Tier whereas the On-demand malware scan follows a pay-as-you-use cost model. There is no 30-day free trial or a 12-month Free Tier cost model with On-demand malware scan. 
+On-demand malware scan (under Malware Protection for EC2) and Malware Protection for S3 don't fall into the GuardDuty 30-day short term free trial category. Malware Protection for S3 includes a Free Tier whereas the On-demand malware scan follows a pay-as-you-use cost model. There is no 30-day free trial or a Free Tier cost model with On-demand malware scan. 
@@ -48 +48 @@ Protection plan | Enabled by default with GuardDuty | Separate free trial availa
-## Using Malware Protection for S3 with 12-month Free Tier
+## Using Malware Protection for S3 with Free Tier
@@ -50 +50 @@ Protection plan | Enabled by default with GuardDuty | Separate free trial availa
-Malware Protection for S3 uses a Free Tier plan associated with your AWS accounts that are either new, have an ongoing free tier, or have an expired 12-month free tier. For more information, see [Pricing and usage cost for Malware Protection for S3](./pricing-malware-protection-for-s3-guardduty.html).
+Malware Protection for S3 includes a Free Tier associated with your AWS accounts. For more information, see [Pricing and usage cost for Malware Protection for S3](./pricing-malware-protection-for-s3-guardduty.html).