Provision record
AWS · AWS Customer Agreement · View original document ↗

Prohibition on circumventing fees or usage limits

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Neither you nor any End User will, or will attempt to (a) reverse engineer, disassemble, or decompile the Services or AWS Content or apply any other process or procedure to derive the source code of any software included in the Services or AWS Content (except to the extent applicable law doesn’t allow this restriction), (b) access or use the Services or AWS Content in a way intended to avoid incurring fees or exceeding usage limits or quotas

Excerpt from AWS's Customer Agreement

Provision details

Document information
Document
AWS Customer Agreement
Entity
AWS
Date stated by the document
Aug. 14, 2026
As printed in AWS’s text (version CA-V-005926), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
May 5, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-005926, captured Aug. 19, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-057465
Document ID
CA-D-000674
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
https://aws.amazon.com/agreement/
Wayback Machine
View archived versions →
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-005926)
d58b9945fc6343a3bbe1e06c3db8ccf41953f3e402578f43ea4ae658b87e6960
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 05:40 UTC
Methodology
analyze_document-v2-grounded.3
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-005926, captured Aug. 19, 2026 (checked Oct. 6, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: AWS
Document: AWS Customer Agreement
Record ID: CA-P-057465
Version: CA-V-005926
Captured: 2026-08-19 01:26:33 UTC
SHA-256: d58b9945fc6343a3…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/aws/aws-customer-agreement/provision/CA-P-057465/prohibition-on-circumventing-fees-or-usage-limits/
Accessed: Nov. 10, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Categories
Acceptable use

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does AWS's Prohibition on circumventing fees or usage limits clause do?

The clause states: “Neither you nor any End User will, or will attempt to (a) reverse engineer, disassemble, or decompile the Services or AWS Content or apply any other process or procedure to derive the source code of any software included in the Services or AWS Content (except to the extent applicable law …”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 271 platforms. See the full comparison.

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