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AWS guardduty documentation change

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

File: guardduty/latest/ug/pricing-malware-protection-for-s3-guardduty.md

Summary

Updated Free Tier terminology from '12-month Free Tier plan' to just 'Free Tier' and removed specific 12-month duration references

Security assessment

This change modifies pricing documentation terminology but does not address any security vulnerabilities or add security documentation. It appears to be a documentation clarification about billing terms for Malware Protection for S3.

Diff

diff --git a/guardduty/latest/ug/pricing-malware-protection-for-s3-guardduty.md b/guardduty/latest/ug/pricing-malware-protection-for-s3-guardduty.md
index 419feeef4..a22fb7e30 100644
--- a//guardduty/latest/ug/pricing-malware-protection-for-s3-guardduty.md
+++ b//guardduty/latest/ug/pricing-malware-protection-for-s3-guardduty.md
@@ -9 +9 @@
-The pricing in Malware Protection for S3 works differently than other protection plans in GuardDuty. While most of the GuardDuty protection plans follow a 30-day short term free trial, Malware Protection for S3 follows 12 months Free Tier plan in AWS. For information about GuardDuty pricing, see [Pricing in GuardDuty](./guardduty-pricing.html).
+The pricing in Malware Protection for S3 works differently than other protection plans in GuardDuty. While most of the GuardDuty protection plans follow a 30-day short term free trial, Malware Protection for S3 includes a Free Tier in AWS. For information about GuardDuty pricing, see [Pricing in GuardDuty](./guardduty-pricing.html).
@@ -13 +13 @@ The following list provides the pricing costs associated with using Malware Prot
-**Free Tier plan (scanning cost)**
+**Free Tier (scanning cost)**
@@ -16 +16 @@ The following list provides the pricing costs associated with using Malware Prot
-Each AWS account gets a 12-month Free Tier that includes usage up to a specific limit per month for each Region. Each AWS account gets a monthly free tier usage up to 1,000 requests and 1 GB data scanned. If your usage goes beyond the specified limit, you will start incurring the usage cost for the exceeded limit. For complete pricing details, see [GuardDuty protection plans pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/guardduty/pricing/#GuardDuty_protection_plans).
+Each AWS account gets a Free Tier that includes usage up to a specific limit per month for each Region. Each AWS account gets a monthly free tier usage up to 1,000 requests and 1 GB data scanned. If your usage goes beyond the specified limit, you will start incurring the usage cost for the exceeded limit. For complete pricing details, see [GuardDuty protection plans pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/guardduty/pricing/#GuardDuty_protection_plans).
@@ -29 +29 @@ When you enable Malware Protection for S3, it is optional to enable tagging for
-S3 Object Tagging usage cost is **not included** in the Free Tier plan.
+S3 Object Tagging usage cost is **not included** in the Free Tier.