Home AI terms of service AWS Service Terms AWS Service Terms: Benchmark and Analysis Clause Does AWS Service Terms restrict publishing benchmarks or competitive analysis? Our reading of the terms on Oct 18, 2026: yes — permitted only under conditions: disclose all information needed to replicate the Benchmark; AWS may then benchmark your products . Our reading · Observed Last checked Oct 18, 2026 · Source · Methodology
How we got this number What we read: the official wording on aws.amazon.com/service-terms Checked: Oct 18, 2026 ; tracked since Oct 16, 2026Shown in: the United StatesChecks so far: 3 checks since Oct 16, 2026What changed: no change since Oct 16, 2026 Page updated: Oct 17, 2026 Other measured facts Question Answer Checked Status Does AWS prohibit automated access or scraping of its web app, according to its Service Terms? No clause found Oct 18, 2026 Observed Does AWS use customer inputs to train models (by plan), according to its Service Terms? Depends on plan. Listed AI services only (for example Rekognition, Textract, Transcribe, Kiro Free Tier), with an AWS Organizations opt-out. Oct 18, 2026 Observed Does the AWS free tier allow commercial use, according to its Service Terms? No clause found Oct 18, 2026 Observed When was the AWS Service Terms last updated? 2026-10-13 Oct 18, 2026 Observed
History Same value in all 3 checks since Oct 16, 2026.
You may perform benchmarks or comparative tests or evaluations (each, a “Benchmark”) of the Services. What the source says · aws.amazon.com Record history — 15 records for 5 questions Last record Oct 18, 2026 Shown in the United States Does AWS Service Terms restrict publishing benchmarks or competitive analysis? Time Value Status Oct 18, 2026 Yes. Permitted only under conditions: disclose all information needed to replicate the Benchmark; AWS may then benchmark your products. Observed Oct 17, 2026 Yes. Permitted only under conditions: disclose all information needed to replicate the Benchmark; AWS may then benchmark your products. Observed Oct 16, 2026 Yes. Permitted only under conditions: disclose all information needed to replicate the Benchmark; AWS may then benchmark your products. Observed
Does AWS prohibit automated access or scraping of its web app, according to its Service Terms? Time Value Status Oct 18, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 17, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 16, 2026 No clause found Observed
Does AWS use customer inputs to train models (by plan), according to its Service Terms? Time Value Status Oct 18, 2026 Depends on plan. Listed AI services only (for example Rekognition, Textract, Transcribe, Kiro Free Tier), with an AWS Organizations opt-out. Observed Oct 17, 2026 Depends on plan. Listed AI services only (for example Rekognition, Textract, Transcribe, Kiro Free Tier), with an AWS Organizations opt-out. Observed Oct 16, 2026 Depends on plan. Listed AI services only (for example Rekognition, Textract, Transcribe, Kiro Free Tier), with an AWS Organizations opt-out. Observed
Does the AWS free tier allow commercial use, according to its Service Terms? Time Value Status Oct 18, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 17, 2026 No clause found Observed Oct 16, 2026 No clause found Observed
When was the AWS Service Terms last updated? Time Value Status Oct 18, 2026 2026-10-13 Observed Oct 17, 2026 2026-10-13 Observed Oct 16, 2026 2026-10-13 Observed