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Cloud Computing · Foundational

AWS Cost Explorer

AWS tool for visualizing, analyzing and forecasting cost and usage over time.

Definition

Cost Explorer shows up to 13 months of history (longer with extended data), with filtering and grouping by service, account, region, tag and more, plus forecasts. It provides Reserved Instance and Savings Plans utilization, coverage and purchase recommendations, and rightsizing recommendations.

Example

Finance groups monthly costs by the CostCenter tag to see which department drove a spending increase.

Exam tip

Cost Explorer analyzes and forecasts; Budgets alerts on thresholds; CUR provides the most detailed raw data.

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