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AWS Cost Explorer

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What is AWS Cost Explorer?

AWS Cost Explorer's interface is used to visualize, understand, and manage AWS costs and usage over time. Users can get custom reports that analyze cost and usage data, and analyze data at a high level (for example, total costs and usage across all accounts), or dive deeper into cost and usage data to identify trends, pinpoint cost drivers, and detect anomalies.

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Honest Review for AWS Cost Explorer

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Director in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

AWS Cost Explorer help us to gain visibility and control our cloud spending. It helps us analyze historical costs, track usage patterns, and identify trends across services, accounts, and teams. Cost Explorer also is extensively used for forecasting future expenses, setting budgets, and creating alerts to prevent overspending. For FinOps teams, it’s an essential tool for optimizing cloud resources, improving financial accountability, and driving cost efficiency across our organization.

Pros

  • Cost management
  • Cost Recommendations
  • Forecast
  • Usage

Cons

  • granular data such as Kubernetes usage, cost and optimization
  • spot recommendations
  • granular data such as AI usage, cost and optimization

Return on Investment

  • Helped to meet the saving targets
  • Better transparency and financial accentuality
  • Detect issues

Usability

Alternatives Considered

IBM Apptio

Other Software Used

AWS Cost Explorer, IBM Cloudability, Azure Analysis Services