How can you view the distribution of AWS spending in one of your AWS accounts?
AWS Cost Explorer is a tool provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows users to visualize their AWS usage and bills by service. AWS Cost Explorer allows users to document and manage AWS expenses through cost, usage and Reserved Instance (RI) reports.Informationincluded in these reports includes charts, graphs, total costs and usage in all accounts or individual instances. AWS Cost Explorer allows an organization’s AWS costs to be more predictable.
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With Cost Explorer, users can view data from up to 13 months prior and view a forecast prediction of how much they will spend in the next three months. Cost Explorer is also able to identify trends and display historical data for up to 12 months so users can further understand their costs over a larger time period. When a user signs up for Cost Explorer, data on costs for the lastthree months, the current month and a calculated forecast of costs for the next three months is prepared. The data available to organizations is typically updated once every 24 hours. Features of AWS Cost ExplorerPopular features of AWS Cost Explorer include:
Types of reports available in AWS Cost ExplorerUsers can choose to view a variety of default and specific reports for service costs and usages. Default report types include:
Additional report types include:
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