AWS Cloud Financial Management
Tag: Forecasting
Using the right tools for your cloud cost forecasting
We’re at the final blog of our forecasting series! If you’ve been following along the past few weeks, you have explored creating a process for more effective forecasting, establishing a forecasting culture, and building driver-based forecasting. It is now time to put pen to paper and create your forecast. But where do you start? How […]
Launch: Daily Cost and Usage Budgets
AWS Budgets allows you to stay informed of your cost and usage based on the custom budget limits. You will receive alerts if your cost and usage exceed or are forecasted to exceed these monthly, quarterly, and/or annual budget thresholds you set yourselves. The best way to leverage AWS Budgets is to set your expected […]
Cost Explorer Forecasting API Improvement
We have further enhanced our forecasting algorithm to allow a same day start date so customers can always access and view their historical and predicted costs in their Cost Management console and via Cost Explorer API without any gaps. Prior to this change, the current date was an invalid start date for calls to GetCostForecast […]
Launch: Usage-Based Forecasting now Available in AWS Cost Explorer
Forecasting is an essential part of staying on top of your cloud costs and usage, and becomes even more important as your business scales. AWS Cost Explorer now gives you the ability to create custom usage forecasts to gain a line of sight into your expected future costs. Learn more about getting started with AWS […]