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Other Measures and Monitors

Other Measures and Monitors

Learn about some other tools and techniques available on the AWS platform for cost control.

Cost Anomaly Detection

Cost Anomaly Detection uses machine learning to monitor our historical AWS usage patterns and alert us if we diverge from that historical baseline. We can configure alerts to happen immediately or get weekly or daily summaries. There is also integration with Slack or Amazon Chime using AWS Chatbot.

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Cost Anomaly Detection can help mitigate surprise charges
Cost Anomaly Detection can help mitigate surprise charges

AWS Price List API

There are cases where having access to the real-time AWS prices of certain services might be very useful in driving some automation or cost analysis. For this purpose, AWS has an API available that can be queried to access the prices of services. Alternatively, we can download what AWS calls a bulk offer file in csv or json format, which is just a big data dump of prices for most services.

💡Pro Tip: While the AWS Price List Query API can be a useful tool, AWS tells us that the “service pricing” page takes ...