SAA-C03 Question 488
Select 3A company has recently migrated its workloads to AWS and wants to monitor and manage its cloud spending effectively. The finance team wants to analyze historical cost trends, set alerts for when spending exceeds predefined thresholds, and receive detailed reports of their AWS usage and costs. Which combination of AWS cost management tools should the company use to achieve these requirements?
- A
AWS Cost Explorer
- B
AWS Budgets
- C
AWS Cost and Usage Report
- D
AWS Trusted Advisor
- E
AWS Pricing Calculator
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Correct answers: A, B, C
Explanation
To effectively monitor and manage cloud spending, the company should use AWS Cost Explorer for analyzing historical cost trends, AWS Budgets for setting alerts when spending exceeds thresholds, and AWS Cost and Usage Report for obtaining detailed data on their AWS costs and usage. These tools together address all the requirements of the finance team.
- A. Correct.
AWS Cost Explorer is used to visualize and analyze historical cost and usage data, making it a suitable tool for analyzing cost trends.
- B. Correct.
AWS Budgets allows users to set spending thresholds and receive alerts when costs or usage exceed the specified limits, addressing the requirement of setting alerts.
- C. Correct.
AWS Cost and Usage Report provides detailed cost and usage data that can be used for in-depth analysis, fulfilling the need for detailed reports.
- D. Incorrect.
AWS Trusted Advisor provides recommendations to optimize AWS resources but is not specifically designed for cost analysis or alerts, so it does not meet the requirements in this scenario.
- E. Incorrect.
AWS Pricing Calculator helps estimate the cost of AWS services before usage but does not assist with monitoring or managing actual costs and usage.