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AWS Cost and Usage Report

AWS Cost and Usage Report delivers detailed billing data directly to your storage, breaking down spend by service, usage type, and resource tags. It handles the heavy lifting of aggregating hourly or daily metrics into structured datasets, making it practical for building custom dashboards or running internal chargeback models without manually scraping console screenshots.

This approach suits finance teams and engineers needing granular visibility into cloud spend across multiple accounts. The main friction point is the lack of a free tier, meaning you pay for both the report generation and the storage of the resulting files. Since pricing is strictly pay-as-you-go, small projects might find the overhead unnecessary compared to simpler console views.

• Free tier No
• Pricing Pay as you go
• Regions 15 · 6 continents
• SLA uptime 99.99%
• Compliance 13 certifications
• Provider health A