EC2 Instance Lifecycle
The instance you launched has three states
- Running: While running, you will be charged. Transition to Stopped in a stop process.
- Stopped: Stopped, you are not charged. Transition to Running again in the startup process. While in Stopped state it is possible to change instance type.
- Terminated: Terminated. The instance is deleted and can’t be stopped/started anymore.
You will continue to be charged for storage stored even after the instance is stopped or terminated. (Removing storage also stops storage billing)
