Why AWS Billing and Cost Management Home?
The cloud allows you to trade fixed expenses like data centers and physical servers for variable expenses, only pay for IT resources you use, and take advantage of economies of scale. The AWS Billing and Cost Management Console Home is your entry point to Cloud Financial Management on AWS, providing the insights and recommendations you need to make faster, better-informed financial decisions. With the Billing and Cost Management Console Home, you can gain insights including spending trends (along dimensions including service, member account, and AWS Region), whether any cost anomalies or budget overruns require attention, and what the most impactful savings opportunities are, all in one place. The Console Home helps you prioritize your next step by providing tailored recommendations ranging from best practices like using AWS Budgets for cost control to advanced techniques like queuing a Savings Plans purchase to cover an upcoming expiration. After selecting your next step, you can seamlessly transition from insights to action using deep links to the right tool for the job.