Improve operational performance and resource optimization

Managing your costs is both a technology and a people exercise

You can use Amazon CloudWatch to collect and track metrics, monitor log files, set alarms, and automatically react to changes in your AWS resources. You can also use Amazon CloudWatch to gain system-wide visibility into resource utilization, application performance, and operational health.

With Trusted Advisor you can provision your resources following best practices to improve system performance and reliability, increase security, and look for opportunities to save money. You can also turn off non-production instances and use Amazon CloudWatch and Autoscaling to match increases or reductions in demand.

Monitor, Track, and Analyze Your Services Usage

Monitor, Track, and Analyze Your AWS Costs & Usage

Appropriate management, tracking and measurement are fundamental in achieving the full benefits of cost optimization.

Amazon CloudWatch

Amazon CloudWatch collects monitoring and operational data in the form of logs, metrics, and events, providing you with a unified view of AWS resources, applications, and services that run on AWS and on-premises servers.

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AWS Trusted Advisor

AWS Trusted Advisor is an online tool that provides you real time guidance to help you provision your resources following AWS best practices.

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AWS Cost Explorer

AWS Cost Explorer has an easy-to-use interface that lets you visualize, understand, and manage your AWS costs and usage over time.

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Get started with Amazon CloudWatch

It's easy to get started with CloudWatch. Jump start your experience using documentation, blog posts, and tutorials intended to guide you to best practices.

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AWS Trusted Advisor Best Practice

See how you can save money on AWS by eliminating unused and idle resources or making commitments to reserved capacity.

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Get started with AWS Cost Explorer

AWS Cost Explorer provides you with a set of default reports that you can use as the starting place for your analysis.

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