AWS Billing and Cost Management

· Cost Explorer tracks and analyzes usage, its free across all accounts

· Use Budgets to manage Budgets across the aws account

· Use Bills to see details about current charges

· Use Payment History to see past bills

· Billing closes at Midnight on the last day of the calendar month

· Use Cost allocation Tags to Track costs at a detailed level

AWS Cost Explorer

· Default report, with visualization of the top 5 services per expense

Budgets

· set custom budgets that alert you when the expected usage exceeds the pre determined amount