# Does AutoTrain allow free usage
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**Author:**  [@llmaaz](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fllmaaz)%5C
**Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fdoes-autotrain-allow-free-usage%2F131916%2F1 "2024-12-17T15:16:29Z")
I was recently trying to use my AutoTrain to train GPT2 on my dataset and I selected the free space hardware option (2 vCPU and 16GB RAM). However when I click the start training button, I am prompted with a message stating that I may be charged for this. I am a little lost here. This is also my first attempt using AutoTrain, so why could I be charged?
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**Author:**  [@John6666](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FJohn6666)%5C
**Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fdoes-autotrain-allow-free-usage%2F131916%2F2 "2024-12-17T16:00:04Z")
I think you won’t be charged if you’re using a free space, but I think the message is displayed just in case you duplicate it to a paid space…🤔
In fact, we can train with a light model for free on CPU space. But this message does make us wonder.
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**Author:**  [@Diffikalt](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FDiffikalt)%5C
**Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fdoes-autotrain-allow-free-usage%2F131916%2F3 "2025-08-07T14:12:56Z")
Hi, same here. If I use free space hardware option, will I be charged or not? Thank you! 🙂