AWS Billing And Cost Management - User Guide

AWS Billing andCost ManagementUser GuideVersion 2.0

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AWS Billing and Cost Management User GuideTable of ContentsWhat is AWS Billing and Cost Management? . 1Are you a first-time billing user? . 1Features in Billing and Cost Management . 1Related services . 2Getting help . 4AWS Knowledge Center . 4Contacting AWS Support . 4Understanding your charged usage . 5Monitoring your Free Tier usage . 5Getting started . 6Step 1: Review your usage . 6Step 2: Turn on reports . 6Step 3: Download or print your bill . 7Step 4: Set up budgets to monitor your account . 7Step 5: Get answers to questions about your bill . 9Where do I go from here? . 9Managing your account . 10Managing an AWS account . 10Editing Your Account name, root user password, and root user email address . 10Editing contact information . 11Changing which currency you use to pay your bill . 11Adding, changing, or removing alternate contacts . 11Enabling and disabling regions . 12Updating and deleting tax registration numbers . 13Enabling tax setting inheritance . 14Managing an account in India . 14Determining which company your account is with . 15Signing up for AISPL . 15Managing your AISPL account . 16Closing an account . 18Considerations before you close your AWS account . 18Troubleshooting errors when closing an AWS account . 20Closing your AWS account . 20Accessing your AWS account after closure . 21After the post-closure period . 21Using AWS Free Tier . 22Eligibility for the AWS Free Tier . 22AWS Free Tier limits . 23Hourly usage in the AWS Free Tier . 23Amazon Machine Images . 24Tracking your AWS Free Tier usage . 24AWS Free Tier usage alerts using AWS Budgets . 24Top AWS Free Tier services table . 25Trackable AWS Free Tier services . 26Managing your payments . 29Managing your AWS payments . 29Managing your AWS payment methods . 29Making payments, checking funds, and viewing history . 31Managing your credit card payment methods . 33Managing your ACH direct debit payment methods . 35Managing your payments in India . 37Supported payment methods . 37View your credit cards . 37Add a credit card . 38Version 2.0iii

AWS Billing and Cost Management User GuideAdd a net banking account . 38Make a payment using a credit card . 38Make a payment using net banking . 39Enable recurring payments . 39Remove a payment method . 39Disable recurring payments . 40Activate your subscription . 40Managing your payments in AWS Europe . 40Managing your AWS Europe payment methods . 41Making payments, checking funds, and viewing payment history in AWS Europe . 41Managing your AWS Europe credit card payment methods . 43Managing your AWS Europe credit card payment verifications . 44Managing your SEPA direct debit payment methods . 46Viewing your bill . 48Viewing your monthly charges . 48Getting an invoice emailed to you . 49Managing your purchase orders . 50Setting up purchase order configurations . 50Adding a purchase order . 52Editing your purchase orders . 53Deleting your purchase orders . 55Viewing your purchase orders . 55Reading your purchase order details page . 55Enabling purchase order notifications . 56Monitoring your usage and costs . 58Reading your dashboard graphs . 58Opening the Billing and Cost Management console and dashboard . 59Analyzing your costs with Cost Explorer . 59Enabling Cost Explorer . 60Getting started with Cost Explorer . 62Exploring your data using Cost Explorer . 63Using Cost Explorer reports . 78Understanding your reservations with Cost Explorer . 85Optimizing your cost with Rightsizing Recommendations . 92Using the AWS Cost Explorer API . 97Managing your costs with AWS Budgets . 98Best practices for AWS Budgets . 99Creating a budget . 101Viewing your budgets . 110Editing a budget . 111Downloading a budget . 112Copying a budget . 112Deleting a budget . 112Configuring AWS Budgets controls . 113Creating an Amazon SNS topic for budget notifications . 115Receiving budget alerts in Amazon Chime and Slack . 117Reporting your budget metrics with budget reports . 118Creating an AWS Budgets report . 119Editing an AWS Budgets report . 119Copying an AWS Budgets report . 120Deleting an AWS Budgets report . 120Detecting unusual spend with AWS Cost Anomaly Detection . 120Setting up . 121Getting started . 122Editing your alerts . 126Creating an SNS topic . 126Managing your costs with AWS Cost Categories . 129Version 2.0iv

AWS Billing and Cost Management User GuideSupported dimensions .Supported operations .Supported rule types .Default value .Status .Limits .Term comparisons .Creating cost categories .Viewing cost categories .Editing cost categories .Deleting cost categories .Using Cost Allocation Tags .AWS-Generated Cost Allocation Tags .User-Defined Cost Allocation Tags .Monthly cost allocation report .Using the AWS Price List API .Using the query API .Using the bulk API .Setting up notifications .Logging API calls with CloudTrail .Billing CloudTrail events .Billing and Cost Management information in CloudTrail .Example: Billing and Cost Management log file entries .Avoiding unexpected charges .Usage exceeds AWS Free Tier .AWS Free Tier expired .Bill received after account closure .Disabled regions .Elastic Beanstalk environments .Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) .Services started in AWS OpsWorks .Amazon EC2 instances .Amazon Elastic Block Store volumes and snapshots .Elastic IP addresses .Services launched by other services .Storage services .Consolidated billing for AWS Organizations .Consolidated billing process .Consolidated billing in India .Effective billing date .Billing and account activity .Volume discounts .AWS Free Tier for AWS Organizations .

AWS Billing and Cost Management User Guide Are you a first-time billing user? What is AWS Billing and Cost Management? AWS Billing and Cost Management is the servi