Cloud Financial Management
RecognitionAWS Cost Explorer
Supports measured optimization and cost verification without billing/invoice depth.
Key points
- Cost Explorer supports cost trend analysis and verification of optimization outcomes without requiring invoice administration.
Best-known use cases
- D1.3 and D5.1: compare measured cost before and after a compute or network-path optimization.
What candidates often confuse it with
- Cost Explorer analyzes cost and usage patterns; Cost and Usage Reports provide more detailed source records.
Key takeaway
Pair Cost Explorer evidence with workload or flow evidence before changing resources solely for cost.
Related services
- AWS Cost and Usage Reports
- Savings Plans
Relevant exam tasks
- D1.3 — Task 1.3: Implement performance optimization strategies for compute, storage, and database resources.
- 1.3.1 — Optimize compute resources and remediate performance problems by using performance metrics, resource tags, and AWS tools.
- D5.1 — Task 5.1: Implement and optimize networking features and connectivity.
- 5.1.1 — Configure a VPC (for example, subnets, route tables, network ACLs, security groups, NAT gateways, internet gateway, egress-only internet gateway).