SAP-C02 Question 334
Select 2A large e-commerce company has noticed a significant increase in its monthly AWS bill. The company uses multiple AWS services across different accounts in an AWS Organization. They want to identify the root cause of the cost increase, analyze historical spending trends, and receive recommendations to optimize their costs. Which combination of AWS tools should they use to achieve this?
- A
AWS Cost Explorer
- B
AWS Trusted Advisor
- C
AWS Pricing Calculator
- D
AWS Budgets
- E
AWS CloudWatch
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Correct answers: A, B
Explanation
To address the company's need to identify the root cause of cost increases and receive cost optimization recommendations, AWS Cost Explorer and AWS Trusted Advisor are the most appropriate tools. Cost Explorer provides insights into historical spending trends and identifies areas of increased costs, while Trusted Advisor offers actionable recommendations for optimizing costs by identifying unused or underutilized resources. Other tools like AWS Pricing Calculator, Budgets, and CloudWatch are not designed to fulfill the specific requirements of this scenario.
- A. Correct.
AWS Cost Explorer is a tool designed to help you visualize, understand, and manage your AWS costs and usage over time. It allows you to identify cost trends and pinpoint areas of increased spending, making it highly suitable for this scenario.
- B. Correct.
AWS Trusted Advisor provides recommendations to optimize costs, improve performance, and enhance security. Its cost optimization checks can help the company identify unused or underutilized resources contributing to unnecessary expenditure.
- C. Incorrect.
AWS Pricing Calculator is primarily used for estimating the cost of new workloads or services before deployment. It is not suitable for analyzing historical cost trends or identifying the root cause of cost increases.
- D. Incorrect.
AWS Budgets is used for setting custom cost and usage thresholds with alerts. While it can help monitor costs, it does not provide insights into historical trends or optimization recommendations.
- E. Incorrect.
AWS CloudWatch is a monitoring tool for operational performance and health of AWS services. It does not provide cost analysis or optimization recommendations, making it unsuitable for this use case.