Budgets

• AWS Budgets allows setting custom cost and usage budgets to monitor AWS spending.

• Supports budgets for cost, usage, Reserved Instances, and Savings Plans utilization.

• Enables creating alerts when actual or forecasted costs exceed budget thresholds.

• Provides detailed budget tracking through the AWS Management Console and APIs.

• Integrates with AWS Cost Explorer for detailed cost analysis and recommendations.

• Supports setting budgets at various levels: account, service, linked accounts, tags, and cost categories.

• Allows email and SNS notifications for budget alerts to multiple recipients.

• Helps organizations enforce cost controls and avoid unexpected overspending.

• Supports creating budgets for specific time periods: monthly, quarterly, or annually.

• Enables forecasted budget tracking to anticipate future spending trends.

• Provides historical data comparison to analyze budget adherence over time.

• Allows tracking of Savings Plans and Reserved Instances utilization and coverage.

• Supports programmatic access for automated budget management using AWS SDK and CLI.

• Enables cross-account budgeting for consolidated billing scenarios.

• Helps optimize AWS resource usage and cost through proactive budget monitoring.