Document history
The following table describes the documentation for this release of the AWS Cost Management console.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
Added a new in-console Pricing Calculator feature that enables you to estimate your planned cloud costs using your discount and purchase commitments. | November 22, 2024 | |
You can purchase recommendations for Amazon DynamoDB reserved capacity, allowing you to cover your provisioned capacity with reserved capacity at a discounted rate. | September 18, 2024 | |
You can delegate a member account in your organization as an administrator for Cost Optimization Hub. | August 6, 2024 | |
Cost Optimization Hub updated the CostOptimizationHubServiceRolePolicy. | July 5, 2024 | |
Updated the AWSBudgetsReadOnlyAccess policy. | June 17, 2024 | |
Data Exports added the AWSBCMDataExportsServiceRolePolicy. | June 10, 2024 | |
You can use Amazon Q, the generative AI assistant for AWS, to retrieve and analyze your cost data from AWS Cost Explorer. | April 29, 2024 | |
Split cost allocation data added the SplitCostAllocationDataServiceRolePolicy. | April 16, 2024 | |
Updated the AWSBudgetsActions_RolePolicyForResourceAdministrationWithSSM policy. | December 14, 2023 | |
Updated AWS managed policies | Cost Optimization Hub updated the following two managed policies: | December 14, 2023 |
Updated documentation | For an overview of your AWS cloud financial management data, use the AWS Billing and Cost Management widgets on the Billing and Cost Management home page. See the following updates: | November 26, 2023 |
Added a new Cost Optimization Hub feature that helps you consolidate and prioritize cost optimization recommendations across your AWS accounts and AWS Regions. | November 26, 2023 | |
Cost Optimization Hub added the CostOptimizationHubServiceRolePolicy. | November 26, 2023 | |
Updated information about how to use the affected IAM policies tool. | November 17, 2023 | |
You can now enable up to 38 months of multi-year data (at monthly granularity) and more granular data (at hourly and daily granularity) for the previous 14 days. | November 16, 2023 | |
Increased the number of anomaly monitors you can create for other monitor types (linked account, cost category, cost allocation tag). | September 12, 2023 | |
Added automatic configuration of AWS Cost Anomaly Detection for all new AWS Cost Explorer users. | March 27, 2023 | |
Added support for percentage-based thresholds in AWS Cost Anomaly Detection for anomaly alerting. | December 15, 2022 | |
New AWS Cost Anomaly Detection details in alert notifications | Added important details such as account name, monitor name, and monitor type in alert emails, the console, and notifications sent through SNS to Slack or Chime. | December 8, 2022 |
Added a new feature to create a budget using a template with recommended configurations as well as walk-through tutorials to learn about creating different kinds of budgets. | September 27, 2022 | |
Added information about new values in the AWS Cost Anomaly Detection history tab into the AWS Cost Management guide to align with the console. | August 16, 2022 | |
Added a new feature to enhance the console experience by adding a split-view panel that allows you to view budget details without leaving the Budgets Overview page. | June 15, 2022 | |
Split the Billing and Cost Management user guide and aligned the feature details into the Billing guide and AWS Cost Management guide to align with the console. | October 20, 2021 | |
Added a new AWS Cost Anomaly Detection feature that uses machine learning to continuously monitor your cost and usage to detect unusual spends. | December 16, 2020 | |
Added a new purchase order feature to configure how your purchases are reflected on your invoices. | October 15, 2020 | |
Added a new AWS Budgets actions feature to run an action on your behalf when a budget exceeds a certain cost or usage threshold. | October 15, 2020 | |
Added a new payment method that allows China CNY customers using AWS to pay their overdue payments using China Bank Redirect. | February 20, 2020 | |
Added a new security chapter that provides information about various security controls. Former "Controlling Access" chapter contents have been migrated here. | February 6, 2020 | |
Added a new reporting functionality using AWS Budgets reports. | June 27, 2019 | |
AWS Cost Explorer reports now include normalized units. | February 5, 2019 | |
AWS India customers can now enable the auto-charge ability for their payments. | December 20, 2018 | |
Updated the AWS Cost Explorer UI. | November 15, 2018 | |
Added the ability to see the history of a budget. | November 13, 2018 | |
Expanded RI budgets to Amazon OpenSearch Service. | November 8, 2018 | |
Added the SEPA Direct Debit payment method. | October 25, 2018 | |
Updated the budget UI and workflow. | October 23, 2018 | |
Added new columns to the AWS Cost Explorer RI recommendations. | October 18, 2018 | |
Expanded RI reports to Amazon OpenSearch Service. | October 10, 2018 | |
AWS Cost Explorer now provides a walkthrough for the most common functionality. | September 24, 2018 | |
Added the ACH Direct Debit payment method. | July 24, 2018 | |
Added RI purchase recommendations for additional services in AWS Cost Explorer. | July 11, 2018 | |
Added RI purchase recommendations for linked accounts in AWS Cost Explorer. | June 27, 2018 | |
Added Budgets templates for AWS CloudFormation. | May 22, 2018 | |
Updated the RI allocation behavior size-flexible RI for linked accounts. | May 9, 2018 | |
Added RI coverage alerts. | May 8, 2018 | |
Unblend linked account bills | Linked account bills no longer show the blended rate for the organization. | May 7, 2018 |
Added Amazon RDS Recommendations to AWS Cost Explorer. | April 19, 2018 | |
Added a new AWS Cost Explorer dimension and AWS Cost and Usage Reports line item | Added a new AWS Cost Explorer dimension and AWS Cost and Usage Reports line item. | March 27, 2018 |
Added access to the Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance (RI) purchase recommendations via the AWS Cost Explorer API. | March 20, 2018 | |
Added RI coverage for Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, and ElastiCache | Reserved Instance (RI) coverage for Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, and ElastiCache . | March 13, 2018 |
Added | February 22, 2018 | |
Added RI recommendations based on previous usage. | November 20, 2017 | |
Enabled programmatic access to AWS Cost Explorer via API. | November 20, 2017 | |
Added notifications for additional services. | November 10, 2017 | |
Expanded RI reports to Amazon RDS, Redshift, and ElastiCache. | November 10, 2017 | |
Updated preferences so that AWS credits and RI discount sharing can be turned off. | November 6, 2017 | |
Added notifications for when RI utilization drops below a preset percentage-based threshold. | August 21, 2017 | |
Released a new AWS Cost Explorer UI. | August 16, 2017 | |
AWS Marketplace data integration | Added AWS Marketplace so that customers can see their data reflected in all billing artifacts, including the Bills page, AWS Cost Explorer, and more. | August 10, 2017 |
Added support for creating cost and usage budgets based on specific usage types and usage type groups, and extended budget creation capabilities to all account types. | June 19, 2017 | |
You can now filter AWS Cost Explorer reports by additional advanced options, such as refunds, credits, RI upfront fees, RI recurring charges, and support charges. | March 22, 2017 | |
You can now track your Reserved Instance (RI) coverage in AWS Cost Explorer. | March 20, 2017 | |
You can now filter AWS Cost Explorer reports by tenancy, platform, and the Amazon EC2 Spot and Scheduled Reserved Instance purchase options. | March 20, 2017 | |
AWS India users can now use AWS Cost Explorer and budgets. | March 6, 2017 | |
AWS Cost Explorer supports grouping for both cost and usage data, enabling customers to identify their cost drivers by cross-referencing their cost and usage charts. | February 24, 2017 | |
You can now track your monthly Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance (RI) utilization in AWS Cost Explorer. | December 16, 2016 | |
You can now track your daily Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance (RI) utilization in AWS Cost Explorer. | December 15, 2016 | |
You can now exclude tagged resources from your AWS Cost Explorer reports. | November 18, 2016 | |
You can now use budgets to track usage data. | October 20, 2016 | |
You can now use AWS Cost Explorer to visualize your costs by usage type groups. | September 15, 2016 | |
You can now save AWS Cost Explorer queries. | November 12, 2015 | |
You can now manage your AWS usage and costs using budgets and cost forecasts. | June 29, 2015 | |
You can now manage your account settings and payment methods for an Amazon Web Services India Private Limited (AWS India) account. | June 1, 2015 | |
You can now use AWS Cost Explorer to visualize your costs by Availability Zone, API operation, purchase option, or multiple cost allocation tags. | February 19, 2015 | |
You can now change the currency associated with your credit card. | February 16, 2015 | |
You can now use AWS Cost Explorer to visualize your costs by Amazon EC2 instance type or region. | January 5, 2015 | |
You can now enable federated users or roles to access and manage your account settings, view your bills, and perform cost management. For example, you can grant people in your finance department full access to the financial setup and control of your AWS account, without having to give them access to your production AWS environment. | July 7, 2014 | |
AWS Cost Explorer provides a visualization of your AWS costs that enables you to analyze your costs in multiple ways. | April 8, 2014 | |
Version 2.0 published for the Billing guide | The AWS Billing User Guide has been reorganized and rewritten to use the new Billing and Cost Management console. | October 25, 2013 |
