PBS Digital increases efficiency and accountability with solution to split its AWS bill

In early 2009, PBS Digital was tracking and managing cloud spend on just 5 AWS accounts. Now, they have 68 AWS accounts across a dozen or more cost centers. All the while, there was no dedicated role to manage its AWS spend, and the Finance organization needed visibility into cost responsibility by teams. What was once a simple check into Cost Explorer morphed into multiple hours a month to create and share a report that accurately represented the complexity of each team’s usage, including shared costs allocation, such as Amazon Marketplace and AWS Enterprise Support.

Watch and learn how PBS Digital created a custom solution to split and report on its AWS bill in 5 minutes or less, integrating the foundations of CFM cost allocation best practices including account structure, tagging strategy, shared reporting, and automation.