

# View Lightsail detailed billing and usage
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Billing for Amazon Lightsail is handled through Amazon Web Services (AWS) billing. To view your Lightsail bill, go to the [AWS Billing and Cost Management Dashboard](https://console.aws.amazon.com/billing/), or choose **Billing** on the top navigation bar of the Lightsail console. For more information about pricing, see the [Lightsail pricing page](https://aws.amazon.com/lightsail/pricing/).

## View your detailed Lightsail bill
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To view a detailed breakdown of your monthly Lightsail bill:

1. Sign in to the [AWS Billing and Cost Management Dashboard](https://console.aws.amazon.com/billing/).

   The billing dashboard home page displays a high-level month-to-date breakdown of your bill.

1. Choose **Bill Details** on the dashboard home page, or choose **Bills** in the left navigation pane, to view a detailed version of your monthly bill.  
![AWS Billing and Cost Management Dashboard home page.](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lightsail/latest/userguide/images/amazon-lightsail-billing-dashboard-home-page.png)

1. Choose the **Date** drop-down menu to select a month other than the current month.  
![Date selector in the AWS Billing and Cost Management Dashboard.](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lightsail/latest/userguide/images/amazon-lightsail-billing-dashboard-date-drop-down.png)

1. Scroll down on the **Bills** page, and expand the Lightsail line item to view detailed usage for each region.  
![Detailed monthly bill for Lightsail.](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/lightsail/latest/userguide/images/amazon-lightsail-detailed-monthly-bill.png)

## Billing usage types
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The following list describes the usage types that appear in your Lightsail billing and usage reports. These usage types help identify the charges on your monthly bill for Lightsail resources.

**Note**  
For the following usage types that specify a **Region** code, see the [Region codes in your bill](#amazon-lightsail-region-codes-in-bill) section of this guide to identify the corresponding AWS Region.
+ **Amazon Lightsail Bundle:{Size}GB:** The Linux or Unix instance plan used (in hours). The **{Size}** defines the memory specification of the instance plan used. For example, if **4GB** of memory is specified, then the billed hours for the $24 USD/month Linux or Unix instance plan is displayed.
+ **Amazon Lightsail Bundle:{Size}GB (Windows):** The Windows instance plan used (in hours). The **{Size}** defines the memory specification of the instance plan used. For example, if **4GB** of memory is specified, then the billed hours for the $44 USD/month Windows instance plan is displayed.
+ **Amazon Lightsail MemoryOptimizedBundle:{Size}GB:** The Linux or Unix memory-optimized instance plan used (in hours). The **{Size}** defines the memory specification of the memory-optimized instance plan used. For example, if **16GB** of memory is specified, then the billed hours for the $74 USD/month Linux or Unix memory-optimized instance plan is displayed.
+ **Amazon Lightsail MemoryOptimizedBundle:{Size}GB (Windows):** The Windows memory-optimized instance plan used (in hours). The **{Size}** defines the memory specification of the memory-optimized instance plan used. For example, if **16GB** of memory is specified, then the billed hours for the $134 USD/month Windows memory-optimized instance plan is displayed.
+ **Amazon Lightsail ComputeOptBundle:{Size}GB:** The Linux or Unix compute-optimized instance plan used (in hours). The **{Size}** defines the memory specification of the compute-optimized instance plan used. For example, if **4GB** of memory is specified, then the billed hours for the $42 USD/month Linux or Unix compute-optimized instance plan is displayed.
+ **Amazon Lightsail ComputeOptBundle:{Size}GB (Windows):** The Windows compute-optimized instance plan used (in hours). The **{Size}** defines the memory specification of the compute-optimized instance plan used. For example, if **4GB** of memory is specified, then the billed hours for the $100 USD/month Windows compute-optimized instance plan is displayed.
+ **Amazon Lightsail RelationalDatabase:{Size}GB:** The standard database plans used (in hours). The **{Size}** defines the memory specification of the database plan used. For example, if **4GB** of memory is specified, then the billed hours for the $60 USD/month standard database plan is displayed.
+ **Amazon Lightsail RelationalDatabase:{Size}GB (high availability):** The high availability database plans used (in hours). The **{Size}** defines the memory specification of the database plan used. For example, if **4GB** of memory is specified, then the billed hours for the $120 USD/month high availability database plan is displayed.
+ **Amazon Lightsail Region-DiskUsage:** The amount of block storage disk used (in gigabytes per month).
+ **Amazon Lightsail DNS-Queries:** The number (count) of DNS queries for the month.
+ **Amazon Lightsail Load Balancer:** The amount of load balancers used (in hours).
+ **Amazon Lightsail Region-SnapshotUsage:** The amount of stored snapshot data (in gigabytes per month).
+ **Amazon Lightsail Region-UnusedStaticIP:** The amount of un-attached static IPs (in hours).
+ **Amazon Lightsail Region-TotalDataXfer-In-Bytes:** The total amount of data transferred in (in gigabytes).
+ **Amazon Lightsail Region-TotalDataXfer-Out-Bytes:** The total amount of data transferred out (in gigabytes).
+ **Amazon Lightsail Region-DataXfer-Out-Overage-Bytes:** The amount of data transferred out to the internet or public IPs that is over the allowance of the instance or database plan(s) used (in gigabytes).

## Region codes in your bill
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Lightsail billing and usage reports use codes and abbreviations. For example, for usage type, region is replaced with one of the following abbreviations:
+ **APN1:** Asia Pacific (Tokyo) (ap-northeast-1)
+ **APN2:** Asia Pacific (Seoul) (ap-northeast-2)
+ **APS1:** Asia Pacific (Singapore) (ap-southeast-1)
+ **APS2:** Asia Pacific (Sydney) (ap-southeast-2)
+ **APS3:** Asia Pacific (Mumbai) (ap-south-1)
+ **APS4:** Asia Pacific (Jakarta) (ap-southeast-3)
+ **APS7:** Asia Pacific (Malaysia) (ap-southeast-5)
+ **CAN1:** Canada (Central) (ca-central-1)
+ **EU:** EU (Ireland) (eu-west-1)
+ **EUC1:** EU (Frankfurt) (eu-central-1)
+ **EUW2:** EU (London) (eu-west-2)
+ **EUW3:** EU (Paris) (eu-west-3)
+ **EUN1:** EU (Stockholm) (eu-north-1)
+ **USE1:** US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1)
+ **USE2:** US East (Ohio) (us-east-2)
+ **USW2:** US West (Oregon) (us-west-2)