AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Cost Allocation Tags

See how tags label your AWS resources so you can break a single bill down by team, project, or environment, and learn the difference between AWS-generated and user-defined cost allocation tags.

Beginner 14 minutes 4 Learning Objectives
  1. Define a tag as a key-value label applied to an AWS resource
  2. Explain how cost allocation tags break a bill down by team, project, or environment
  3. Compare AWS-generated tags with user-defined tags, including their prefixes
  4. Describe how tags are activated in the Billing console and the rules that apply