Trial credit
A trial credit is a one-off, time-limited amount of free usage (often expressed in dollars or tokens) given to new accounts to try a paid service, after which you pay as you go.
A trial credit is a promotional balance — for example a “$300 over 90 days” cloud welcome credit — that a provider grants once per new account. Unlike a free tier, it has a fixed value and usually an expiry date.
Trial credits are common with cloud platforms (Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, AWS) and are often large enough to cover meaningful experimentation with hosted models. Many require a credit card at signup for identity verification, even though you are not charged until you choose to upgrade.
Because trial credits expire, the “last verified” date and the expiry window matter a lot — terms change, and a once-generous trial can shrink or end.
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