# FSICOST07: Are you using all the available AWS credit and investment programs?
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 Multiple credit options are available, such as migrations, digital innovation, cloud economics, and prototyping to activate credits. 

## FSICOST07-BP01 Use AWS credit programs such as Migration Acceleration Plan, Digital Innovation, and Activate to save costs and drive cloud adoption
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 Multiple credit options are available, such as: Migrations, Digital Innovation, Cloud Economics, Prototyping to Activate credits. Different departments work in silos, and often the credits earned by the workload in one department need to be publicized for consumption across the other units. Ensure that the workloads are leveraging these credits across the organization. Purchasing third- party products or even data from AWS Marketplace. Talk to your account team to get relevant information on a regular basis for available credit programs. For example, Activate provides up to $100K in credits for startups. 

 Extend credit and investment usage to support generative AI adoption programs, such as proof-of-concepts for foundation-model integration, prompt optimization, or internal knowledge-base generation. Use MAP and AI/ML investment programs to fund generative AI proof of concepts on Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker AI, or Amazon Comprehend, keeping experimentation with models and vector databases cost-neutral during early exploration. Encourage cross-team visibility so that AI/ML and analytics units share investment benefits rather than duplicating spend.