SAA-C03 Question 532
Select 2A company has noticed an unexpected increase in its monthly AWS costs and wants to identify the services responsible for the cost spike. Additionally, they want to set up a mechanism to ensure they are alerted if their monthly spending exceeds a predefined threshold. Which combination of AWS cost management tools should they use to meet these requirements?
- A
Use AWS Cost Explorer to analyze historical spending trends and identify the services contributing to the cost increase.
- B
Enable the AWS Cost and Usage Report to receive detailed daily billing data for cost analysis.
- C
Set up an AWS Budget with an alert to notify the team when monthly spending exceeds the defined threshold.
- D
Use AWS Trusted Advisor to recommend cost optimization opportunities and alert on budget limits.
- E
Create an Amazon CloudWatch alarm to monitor spending and send alerts when thresholds are breached.
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Correct answers: A, C
Explanation
To address the company's requirements, AWS Cost Explorer is the appropriate tool to analyze historical spending trends and identify the services causing the cost spike. AWS Budgets is the correct tool to set up alerts for spending thresholds. While the AWS Cost and Usage Report provides detailed billing data, it is not required for immediate cost spike identification. AWS Trusted Advisor and CloudWatch are not cost management tools for this use case.
- A. Correct.
AWS Cost Explorer is designed to help analyze historical and current spending trends, making it suitable for identifying which services are contributing to the cost increase.
- B. Incorrect.
The AWS Cost and Usage Report provides detailed billing data but is more suited for granular, long-term analysis rather than immediate identification of cost spikes.
- C. Correct.
AWS Budgets is specifically designed to alert users when spending exceeds a predefined threshold, making it the correct tool for setting up alerts in this scenario.
- D. Incorrect.
AWS Trusted Advisor provides recommendations for cost optimization and best practices but does not monitor spending or send budget alerts.
- E. Incorrect.
Amazon CloudWatch is used to monitor AWS resources and metrics, but it is not designed for cost management or budget alerts.