SAA-C03 Question 529
Select 2A company wants to optimize its cloud spending and monitor its costs proactively. They need a solution to set custom thresholds for their monthly AWS spending and receive alerts when the thresholds are exceeded. Additionally, they want a tool to visualize historical and forecasted cost trends to make informed budgeting decisions. Which combination of AWS cost management tools should they use?
- A
AWS Budgets to set spending thresholds and receive alerts
- B
Cost Explorer to visualize historical and forecasted cost trends
- C
AWS Cost and Usage Report to set up custom spending alerts
- D
AWS Trusted Advisor to receive monthly spending summaries
- E
Amazon CloudWatch to monitor costs in real time
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Correct answers: A, B
Explanation
To meet the company's requirements, AWS Budgets should be used to set custom thresholds and receive alerts when spending exceeds the defined limits. Cost Explorer complements this by providing tools to analyze historical and forecasted costs, enabling the company to make well-informed budgeting decisions. These tools together provide proactive cost management and visualization.
- A. Correct.
Correct. AWS Budgets is designed to set custom spending thresholds and send alerts when the actual or forecasted usage exceeds those thresholds, meeting the company's requirement.
- B. Correct.
Correct. Cost Explorer allows users to analyze historical spending and visualize forecasted costs, which helps in making informed budgeting decisions.
- C. Incorrect.
Incorrect. The AWS Cost and Usage Report provides detailed billing data for analysis but does not offer the ability to set spending alerts directly.
- D. Incorrect.
Incorrect. AWS Trusted Advisor provides recommendations for cost optimization and resource usage but does not offer tools for setting thresholds or visualizing cost trends.
- E. Incorrect.
Incorrect. Amazon CloudWatch is primarily used to monitor performance metrics and logs for AWS resources, not for managing or visualizing costs.