Commercial software intelligenceEvidence checked · 8 September 2026
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Commercial product change, preserved as evidence.

SK-2026-108 · Pricing, billing & commercial terms

Amazon GameLift Servers includes free bandwidth for generation 6 and later

Amazon GameLift Servers now includes ingress and egress network bandwidth at no additional charge for generation-6-and-later On-Demand and Spot instances in supported regions outside China.

Bandwidth included

Commercial transition

Previous stateEligible GameLift fleets incurred separate network-bandwidth charges in addition to instance-hour charges.
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New stateGeneration-6-and-later GameLift Servers instances include network bandwidth in and out of AWS at no additional charge; eligible existing fleets receive the benefit automatically.

Who is affected

Game studios and platform teams operating eligible Amazon GameLift Servers fleets.

Action required

Confirm fleet instance generation and Region, then separate instance-hour costs from the now-included eligible bandwidth in forecasts.

Evidence boundary

Instance hours remain chargeable, older generations are not included and the benefit is available in supported GameLift Regions except China.

Timeline

  1. Free eligible bandwidth introduced

    AWS included ingress and egress bandwidth for generation-6-and-later On-Demand and Spot GameLift instances without enrolment or configuration changes.

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