# EUCCOST02-BP01 Monitor your EUC cost and usage proactively
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 [AWS Cost and Usage Reports](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cur/latest/userguide/cur-create.html) help you gain detailed insights onboth your WorkSpaces Applications and your WorkSpaces service usage and cost. In addition, WorkSpaces Applications offers separate [Usage Reports](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/appstream2/latest/developerguide/configure-usage-reports.html) with further detail. Amazon WorkSpaces comes with a [WorkSpaces CloudWatch automatic dashboard](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/workspaces/latest/adminguide/cloudwatch-dashboard.html) that provides insight into the performance of your WorkSpaces resources and helps you identify performance issues. [Amazon WorkSpaces Applications Fleet Usage and Instance/Session Performance Metrics](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/appstream2/latest/developerguide/monitoring.html) are available in the WorkSpaces Applications Console and Amazon CloudWatch.

 **Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established:** Medium 

## Implementation guidance
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 For WorkSpaces, enable [AWS Cost and Usage Reports](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cur/latest/userguide/cur-create.html) with resource IDs to analyze and visualize your cost and usage. Resource IDs help you see the cost and usage data for an individual WorkSpace. Consider building an [Build an enterprise cost and usage dashboard for Amazon WorkSpaces](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/desktop-and-application-streaming/build-an-enterprise-cost-and-usage-dashboard-for-amazon-workspaces/). 

Furthermore, the [Cloud Intelligence Dashboards](https://www.wellarchitectedlabs.com/cloud-intelligence-dashboards/) section of AWS Well-Architected Labs explores how to build a CUDOS Dashboard that includes Amazon WorkSpaces cost and usage data. The Cost Optimizer for Amazon WorkSpaces referred to in EUCCOST-BP05 also generates basic usage reports in Amazon S3.  

 WorkSpaces Applications also offers built-in usage reports. Enable [WorkSpaces Applications Usage Reports](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/appstream2/latest/developerguide/configure-usage-reports.html) to gain valuable insights into your WorkSpaces Applications usage. For details on visualizing your WorkSpaces Applications usage, see [Analyze your WorkSpaces Applications usage reports using Amazon Athena and Quick](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/desktop-and-application-streaming/analyze-your-amazon-appstream-2-0-usage-reports-using-amazon-athena-and-amazon-quicksight/). If you are using Amazon WorkSpaces Applications features such as [Enable Application Settings Persistence for Your WorkSpaces Applications Users](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/appstream2/latest/developerguide/app-settings-persistence.html) or [ Enable and Administer Home Folders for Your WorkSpaces Applications Users ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/appstream2/latest/developerguide/home-folders.html), include the underlying Amazon S3 buckets in your cost and usage monitoring.