AWS Cloud Financial Management
Author: Aviral Soni
Aviral is a Senior Technical Product Manager at AWS, working on cost reporting and AI-powered experiences across AWS Billing and Cost Management. He owns Cost Explorer, BCM Dashboards, and Performance Reports, focusing on building natural language and guided workflow capabilities that help customers consume, analyze, and report on their cloud costs. His work centers on making cost analysis faster and more accessible across organizations using native AWS tools.
Introducing AI-Powered Cost Analysis in AWS Cost Explorer
We’re excited to announce AI-powered cost analysis in AWS Cost Explorer, powered by Amazon Q Developer. You can now click a suggested prompt or ask a question in your own words right from the Cost Explorer. Amazon Q delivers detailed insights while Cost Explorer automatically updates its charts, tables, and report parameters to reflect the […]
Extending AWS managed monitors in AWS Cost Anomaly Detection
Today, we’re excited to announce the extension of AWS managed monitors in AWS Cost Anomaly Detection to support linked accounts, cost allocation tags, and cost categories. Previously available only for AWS services, AWS managed monitors now enable you to track costs across all your organizational dimensions with minimal ongoing maintenance. As organizations scale from tens to hundreds of accounts and teams, you can create a single AWS managed monitor that automatically adapts as your organization grows, eliminating the need to maintain hundreds of individual customer managed monitors. After initial setup, this feature transforms cost monitoring from a time-consuming operational task into an automated process that ensures comprehensive anomaly detection coverage while enabling clear segmentation of spending alerts by cost ownership.