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A finance team wants an email alert whenever its monthly AWS spend is forecast to pass $5,000, so it can act before the bill arrives.

Which AWS service should it set up?

Choose one answer.

  1. A. AWS Cost Explorer, which charts past costs and forecasts future spend by service and tag
  2. B. AWS Pricing Calculator, which estimates costs for a planned architecture before it is built
  3. C. AWS Artifact, which provides on-demand compliance reports and agreements with AWS
  4. D. AWS Budgets, which sends notifications when cost is forecast to exceed a budget
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Answer: D

  • A. Wrong: Cost Explorer charts and forecasts spending for analysis. It does not send alerts when a limit is forecast to be passed.
  • B. Wrong: Pricing Calculator estimates the cost of planned architectures. It does not watch actual spending against a limit.
  • C. Wrong: Artifact gives on-demand access to compliance reports and agreements with AWS. It does not track or alert on spending.
  • D. Right: Budgets notify you when actual or forecasted cost or usage exceeds the budget you set, by email or Amazon SNS. The alert can lag behind the charge itself. Learn more: Managing your costs with AWS Budgets (opens in a new tab)

Explanation

AWS Budgets is the service that sends notifications when cost or usage is forecast to exceed a budget you set. Cost Explorer shows trends and forecasts without alerts, and Pricing Calculator and Artifact serve planning and compliance.

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