New accounts add credit before their first sandbox

A new account now runs sandboxes once it holds credit, from $10. Credit added within 30 days of signing up is still matched, up to $1,000 in total, so a first $10 becomes $20. Once an account has paid, it still gets 100 free hours of a 1 GB machine every calendar month. Accounts given free hours or free usage before 10 November 2026 keep what is left of them. A first sign-in with Google now passes the same human check as an email sign-up before it creates a company; people who already have an account are not asked. See included usage and welcome match.