Cost monitoring on AWS
We will begin by looking at the various tools AWS provides for native cost monitoring and reporting. We’ll dive deeper into AWS Cost Explorer’s capabilities on this front while introducing new AWS analytics services such as Amazon Athena and Amazon QuickSight for reporting. We’ll also see how Amazon CloudWatch, an AWS environment monitoring service, can help with cost monitoring among many other capabilities. Let’s dive right in.
Cost monitoring with Cost Explorer
We learned that AWS Cost Explorer is a good tool for getting started with what resources you own. As helpful as this can be, waste reduction is just one aspect of it. Cost Explorer can also help you analyze cost and usage, forecast your expenditure, and detect anomalies. We’ll first focus on using it to analyze cost and usage.
Cost Explorer provides a lookback of 12 months for viewing your cost and usage. It also forecasts aggregate expenditure for up to 12...
