7.2
Cost management tools
Pricing Calculator estimates; Cost Explorer analyzes; Budgets alert.
Cost Explorer
Used to analyze AWS costs and usage.
AWS Budgets
Used to create budgets and configure cost or usage alerts.
AWS Pricing Calculator
Used to estimate AWS costs before deployment.
Easy trick
- Pricing Calculator → Estimate
- Cost Explorer → Analyze
- AWS Budgets → Alert
Exam focus
Estimate before deploy → Pricing Calculator; analyze spend → Cost Explorer.