The savings estimation mode preference allows Compute Optimizer to analyze specific pricing discounts when generating the estimated cost savings of rightsizing recommendations. Compute Optimizer offers the savings estimation mode for the following pricing discounts per AWS resource:
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Amazon EC2 and EC2 Auto Scaling group instances — Savings Plans and Reserved Instances pricing discounts.
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AWS Lambda functions and Amazon ECS services — Saving Plans pricing discounts.
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Amazon EBS volumes — other specific pricing discounts.
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Amazon RDS instances — Reserved Instances pricing discounts.
Note
The savings estimation mode preference is only available for accounts within AWS Organizations that enable Cost Optimization Hub in AWS Cost Explorer. For more information, see Cost Optimization Hub in the AWS Cost Management User Guide.
Only the account manager or delegated administrator of your organization can activate member accounts in specific AWS Regions to receive recommendations with pricing discounts. For the account manager and the delegated administrator, the savings estimation mode preference is activated by default.
If the savings estimation mode preference isn’t activated, Compute Optimizer only uses the default On-Demand pricing information.
Next steps
For instructions on how to activate or deactivate the savings estimation mode preference for member accounts, see Activating savings estimation mode.
