Syllaro Academy

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

AWS Cost Management Tools

Tour the main AWS tools for seeing, analyzing, and controlling cost: the Billing and Cost Management console, Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, the Cost and Usage Report, and Cost Anomaly Detection.

Beginner 16 minutes 6 Learning Objectives
  1. Identify the AWS Billing and Cost Management console and what the Bills page shows
  2. Explain what AWS Cost Explorer is used for, including its history and forecast ranges
  3. Describe how AWS Budgets tracks spending and sends alerts
  4. Explain what the AWS Cost and Usage Report provides and how it differs from Cost Explorer
  5. Describe how AWS Cost Anomaly Detection finds unexpected spend
  6. Match each cost tool to whether it looks at the past, the present, or the future