{"id":25361,"date":"2017-05-22T18:53:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T18:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/?p=25361"},"modified":"2024-05-22T11:16:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T05:46:21","slug":"aws-billing-cost-dashboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-billing-cost-dashboard\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Manage Billing and Cost Optimization in Amazon Web services (AWS)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Are you preparing for\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/aws-sysops-administrator-associate\/\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">AWS Certified SysOps Administrator \u2013 Associate certification exam<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\">? \u00a0Are you ready to pass this exam? In this blog, we are writing a series of articles on topics which are covered in the AWS Certified SysOps Associate certification exam. You can subscribe to us for receiving further updates on this topic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The SysOps Associate certification exam is the hardest exam at the associate certification level. We would recommend you pass both solution architect associated certification exam and developer associated certification exam first before of taking\u00a0this exam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator \u2013 Associate exam validates technical expertise in deployment, management, and operations on the AWS platform<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">TRY\u00a0NOW :\u00a0<\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/aws-sysops-administrator-associate\/free-test\/\" title=\"AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate \u2013 Free Test\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">10 Free Practice Questions for SysOps Associate Exam<\/span><\/b><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">OFFER :\u00a0<\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/aws-sysops-administrator-associate\/\" title=\"AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">420 Practice Questions for SysOps Associate Exam (50% Discount)<\/span><\/b><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator \u2013 Associate Level exam validates the candidate\u2019s ability to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Deliver the stability and scalability needed by a business on AWS<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Provision systems,\u00a0services, and deployment automation on AWS<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Ensure data integrity and data security on AWS technology<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Provide guidance on AWS best practices<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Understand and monitor metrics on AWS<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23164\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23164\" style=\"width: 654px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Figure0_SysOpsBlueprint-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Figure0_SysOpsBlueprint-2.png\" alt=\"Domains covered at the AWS Certified SysOps associate exam\" width=\"654\" height=\"545\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23164\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Domains covered at the AWS Certified SysOps associate exam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Figure #0. \u00a0Domains covered\u00a0by\u00a0the AWS Certified SysOps associate exam<\/span><\/i><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">You can download the related\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/awstrainingandcertification.s3.amazonaws.com\/production\/AWS_certified_sysops_associate_blueprint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">AWS Certified SysOps Administrator \u2013 Associate Level Exam Blueprint<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0for more detail about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In this article, we are going to explain about the topic that addresses the \u201c<i>demonstrate the ability to monitor and manage billing and cost optimization process<\/i>\u201d as highlighted in the AWS Blueprint from the above exam guide.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #ea7e02;color:#ea7e02\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" 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ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-billing-cost-dashboard\/#What_is_Amazon_AWS_Billing_and_Cost_Management\" >What is Amazon AWS Billing and Cost Management?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-billing-cost-dashboard\/#How_to_create_a_Billing_Alarm\" >How to create a Billing Alarm?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-billing-cost-dashboard\/#The_Cost_Explorer\" >The Cost Explorer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-billing-cost-dashboard\/#Benefits_of_Consolidated_Billing\" >Benefits of Consolidated Billing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/aws-billing-cost-dashboard\/#Important_Points_to_Remember_for_the_AWS_Certified_SysOps_Administrator_%E2%80%93_Associate_Certification_exam\" >Important Points to Remember for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator \u2013 Associate Certification exam<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Context\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Context<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Cloud computing provides agility for organizations. It mays increase users&#8217; flexibility with re-provisioning, adding, or expanding technological infrastructure resources fast. Also, it could contribute to <i>cost reductions<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">It is a model for enabling ubiquitous, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources which can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort, where you have a pay-as-you-go approach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">A report from IDC indicates that AWS customers achieve important financial benefits that help increase growth, drive efficiencies, and realize important long-term cost reductions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">In AWS, you pay only for the individual services you need, for as long as you use them, and without requiring long-term contracts or complex licensing. AWS pricing is like how you pay for utilities like water or electricity. You only pay for the services you consume, and once you stop using them, there are no additional costs or termination fees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">You can effectively manage and control your AWS costs, and pay for only what you use. To help you manage your charges, AWS provides features that help you monitor your costs and pay your bill for one or many AWS accounts that you use in the cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Amazon_AWS_Billing_and_Cost_Management\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">What is Amazon AWS Billing and Cost Management?<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">AWS Billing and Cost Management is the service that you use to pay your AWS bill, monitor your usage, and budget your costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The service automatically charges the credit card you provided when you signed up for a new account with AWS. Charges appear on your credit card bill monthly. You can view or update credit card information, and designate a different credit card for AWS to charge, on the Payment Methods page in the Billing and Cost Management console<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">You can effectively control your AWS costs by following a few simple steps: <\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Right-size your services to meet capacity needs at the lowest cost <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Save money when you reserve <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Use the spot market <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Monitor and track service usage <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Use Cost Explorer to optimize savings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">You can choose to have AWS publish billing reports to an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket that you own. You can choose to receive reports that break down your costs by the hour or month, by product or product resource, or by tags that you define yourself. AWS updates the report in your bucket once a day in comma-separated value (CSV) format.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Billing reports provide information about your usage of AWS resources and estimated costs for that usage. You can have AWS generate billing reports that break down your estimated costs in diverse ways:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">By the hour, day, or month<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">By each account in your organization<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">By product or product resource<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">By tags that you define yourself<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_create_a_Billing_Alarm\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">How to create a Billing Alarm? <\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Billing alarms can help to protect you against unknowingly accruing charges if you inadvertently use a service outside of the free tier or if traffic exceeds your expectations. Before you create a billing alarm, you must enable billing alerts using the Billing and Cost Management console at the preferences page.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> I<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">t&#8217;s a clever idea to create a billing alarm to notify you if you exceed the limits of the free tier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">If you want to send your alert to an AWS-managed distribution list instead of a single email address, you should set up an Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) notification list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">You can create a billing alarm to receive -mail alerts when your AWS exceed a threshold as follow:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Using the AWS Billing and Cost Management console as part of your AWS Management Console<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Enter your spending threshold<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Provide your email notification list or email address<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Check your email inbox for a confirmation link and confirm your alarm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26990\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/createanalarm.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/createanalarm.png\" alt=\"Modifying your Billing Alarm\" width=\"950\" height=\"734\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26990\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Modifying your Billing Alarm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Figure #1. Modifying your Billing Alarm<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Billing Alarm uses the AWS Cloudwatch service and the metric named <i>EstimatedCharges.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">After you complete before the procedure you&#8217;ll receive an email as soon as your account&#8217;s usage exceeds the free tier limits. At that point, you can decide whether to terminate the AWS resources that have exceeded the free tier limits, or keep them running and be billed at the standard AWS rates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Cost_Explorer\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Cost Explorer<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\nThe AWS Billing and Cost Management console includes the no-cost Cost Explorer<\/span><span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">tool for viewing your AWS cost data as a graph. With Cost Explorer, you can filter graphs by API operations, Availability Zones, AWS service, custom cost allocation tags, Amazon EC2 instance type, purchase options, region, usage type, usage type groups, or, if you use Consolidated Billing, by linked account. You can also see a forecast of future costs based on your historical cost data.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26991\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26991\" style=\"width: 1557px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/costexplorer.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/costexplorer.png\" alt=\"The Cost Explorer \" width=\"1557\" height=\"725\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26991\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cost Explorer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Figure #2. The Cost Explorer <\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">AWS Cost Explorer gives you the ability to analyze your costs and usage<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">. Using a set of default reports, you can quickly get started with identifying your underlying cost drivers and usage trends. From there, you can slice and dice your data along numerous dimensions to dive deeper into your costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">One powerful cost management feature available in Cost Explorer is to filter and group your Cost Explorer data according to your resource tags. Tagging gives you the ability to create resource groups that that match your business structures, making it easier to map your resources and workloads to the appropriate cost center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Cost Explorer can be accessed from the AWS Management Console and you are provided with pre-configured views that show three common spend queries. These show your monthly spend broken down by AWS service, monthly spend broken down by linked account and total daily spend. You can further customize these preconfigured views to meet your needs, for example by customizing the time range you wish to view, view data at a monthly or daily grain or drill down further into your data based on services, linked accounts, and tags. You can also bookmark views to save custom settings for use in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26992\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26992\" style=\"width: 1579px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/costexplorerfilter.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/costexplorerfilter.png\" alt=\"Filtering cost and usage data into the Cost Explorer\" width=\"1579\" height=\"768\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26992\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filtering cost and usage data into the Cost Explorer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Figure #3. Filtering cost and usage data into the Cost Explorer<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">You can view data for up to the last 13 months, and forecast how much you are likely to spend for the next three months. You can use <i>Cost Explorer<\/i> to see patterns in how much you spend on AWS resources over time, identify areas that need further inquiry, and see trends that you can use to understand your costs. You also can specify time ranges for the data you want to see, and view time data by day or by month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Benefits_of_Consolidated_Billing\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Benefits of Consolidated Billing<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">You can use the Consolidated Billing feature to consolidate payment for multiple Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts within your organization by designating one of them to be the <i>payer account<\/i>.<br \/>\nWith Consolidated Billing, you can see a combined view of AWS charges incurred by all accounts, as well as get a cost report for each individual account associated with your payer account. Consolidated Billing is offered at no additional charge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">There are some benefits of Consolidated Billing:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">One Bill<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">: You get one bill for multiple accounts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Easy Tracking:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"> You can easily track each account&#8217;s charges and download the cost data in CSV format.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Combined Usage<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">: If you have multiple accounts today, your charges might decrease because AWS combines usage from all the accounts to qualify you for volume pricing discount<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">You must designate your account as a <i>payer account<\/i>. Now your account can pay the charges of the other accounts, which are called <i>linked accounts<\/i>. The payer account and the accounts linked to it are called a <i>Consolidated Billing account family<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26993\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26993\" style=\"width: 708px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/linkedAccounts.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/linkedAccounts.gif\" alt=\"Linked Accounts into a Payer account\" width=\"708\" height=\"404\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26993\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linked Accounts into a Payer account<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Figure #4. Linked Accounts into a Payer account<\/span><\/i><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The <i>payer account<\/i> is billed for all charges of the linked accounts. However, each linked account is completely independent in every other way<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Important_Points_to_Remember_for_the_AWS_Certified_SysOps_Administrator_%E2%80%93_Associate_Certification_exam\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Important Points to Remember for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator \u2013 Associate Certification exam<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">AWS Billing and Cost Management is the service that you use to pay your AWS bill, monitor your usage, and budget your costs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">You can effectively manage and control your AWS costs, and pay for only what you use<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">AWS Cost Explorer permits to analyze your costs and usage. Use Cost Explorer to optimize savings<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">AWS updates the report in your bucket once a day in comma-separated value (CSV) format<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Billing reports provide information about your usage of AWS resources and estimated costs for that usage<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">AWS Organizations enables you to set up a single payment method for all the AWS accounts in your organization through consolidated billing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">With consolidated billing, you can see a combined view of charges incurred by all your accounts and take advantage of pricing benefits from aggregated usage, such as volume discounts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">You must designate an account as a <i>payer account, <\/i>link other accounts to it and pay the charges from all as a AWS organization unit<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Before you create a billing alarm, you must enable billing alerts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Billing Alarm use the AWS Cloudwatch service and the metric named EstimatedCharges<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">You can decide whether to terminate the AWS resources that have exceeded the free tier limits, or keep them running and be billed at the standard AWS rates<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Glossary<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Term<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"515\" valign=\"top\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Brief description<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Consolidated Billing<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"515\" valign=\"top\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">A feature of the AWS Organizations service for consolidating payment for multiple AWS accounts. You create an organization that contains your AWS accounts, and you use the master account of your organization to pay for all member accounts. You can see a combined view of AWS costs that are incurred by all accounts in your organization, and you can get detailed cost reports for individual accounts.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">AWS Billing and Cost Management<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"515\" valign=\"top\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The AWS cloud computing model in which you pay for services on demand and use as much or as little at any given time as you need. While resources are active under your account, you pay for the cost of allocating those resources and for any incidental usage associated with those resources, such as data transfer or allocated storage.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Chargeable Resources<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"515\" valign=\"top\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Features or services whose use incurs fees. Although some AWS products are free, others include charges.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Billing Alarm<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"515\" valign=\"top\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">An item that watches a single metric related to billing over a specified time, and triggers an Amazon SNS topic or an Auto Scaling policy if the value of the metric crosses a threshold value over a predetermined number of time periods.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"107\" valign=\"top\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">AWS Organizations<\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<td width=\"515\" valign=\"top\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">An account management service that enables you to consolidate multiple AWS accounts into an organization that you create and centrally manage with the purpose of consolidate billing across those AWS accounts<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\nSummary<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Don\u2019t MISS IT :\u00a0<\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/aws-sysops-administrator-associate\/practice-tests\/\" title=\"AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate \u2013 Practice Tests\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">420 Practice Questions for SysOps Administrator\u00a0Exam (50% Discount)<\/span><\/b><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">In this article, we have explained about the billing management and cost optimization processes related to AWS,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> how to <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">manage your charges, and monitor your costs and pay your bill associated to AWS services and resources provide by Amazon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">References:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">[1] Amazon Billing FAQs. Amazon AWS.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/billing\/faqs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/billing\/faqs<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n[2] Amazon AWS Billing and Cost Optimization Documentation. Amazon AWS.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/documentation\/account-billing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/documentation\/account-billing\/<\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n[3] How AWS Pricing Works. 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