Visualizing and analyzing cost and usage data using Dashboards - AWS Cost Management

Visualizing and analyzing cost and usage data using Dashboards

AWS Billing and Cost Management Dashboards enable you to create and share customized views of your cost and usage data in a single page. You can create collections of charts and tables, called widgets, that combine data from Cost Explorer with Savings Plans and Reserved Instance coverage and utilization metrics, providing comprehensive insights into your AWS spending patterns.

Key features of Dashboards:

  • Create custom dashboards with multiple visualization types to display cost and usage data.

  • Customize dashboard layouts by resizing and arranging widgets to highlight key information.

  • Share dashboards securely with accounts within or outside your AWS Organization.

  • Pin frequently-used dashboards as favorites for quick access.

Common use cases for Dashboards include:

  • Analyzing spending trends across services, Regions, and teams to identify cost patterns.

  • Monitoring Savings Plans and Reserved Instance utilization and coverage to optimize commitments.

  • Establishing standardized cost reporting practices to maintain consistency across your organization.

  • Creating targeted financial reports for specific teams, projects, or business units.

Important

  • Charges for your current billing period shown on this dashboard are estimated charges. Estimated charges shown on this dashboard, or shown on any notifications that we send to you, may differ from your actual charges for this statement period. This is because estimated charges presented on this dashboard do not include usage charges accrued during this statement period after the date you view this page. One-time fees and subscription charges are assessed separately from usage and reoccurring charges, on the date that they occur.

  • Forecasted charges are estimated based on your historical charges and may differ from your actual charges for the forecast period. Forecasted charges are provided solely for your convenience and do not take into account changes to your use of services after the date on which you view this dashboard.

  • Dates shown are based on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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