AWS Cost Explorer and Cost Anomaly Detection

While working with AWS, it’s important to know about the costs we’re incurring. This helps us identify unexpected costs from services that shouldn’t be running and take necessary actions to control costs.

Introduction to Cost Explorer

The AWS Cost Explorer service is responsible for visualizing, understanding, and managing AWS costs and the resources associated with them over a period of time.

We can also generate Cost Explorer reports to evaluate cost and resource usage data. It helps us view our overall expenses or dive into details to find what’s driving costs and spot any unusual spending patterns. Here are some key aspects of the AWS Cost Explorer service:

• Visualization: Graphical representation of AWS spending and usage.

• Custom reports: Ability to create tailored reports on costs and usage. ...