SAP-C02 Question 336
Select 2Your company has multiple AWS accounts under an AWS Organization. The finance team has requested detailed visibility into the costs incurred by each account as well as a breakdown of costs by service. They also want to forecast future spending based on past usage trends. Which combination of AWS tools should you use to meet these requirements?
- A
AWS Cost Explorer
- B
AWS Trusted Advisor
- C
AWS Pricing Calculator
- D
AWS Budgets
- E
AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR)
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Correct answers: A, E
Explanation
To meet the requirements, AWS Cost Explorer and AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR) are the appropriate tools. Cost Explorer provides the ability to visualize and forecast costs, while CUR offers detailed, granular data for cost breakdowns by account and service. Other tools like Trusted Advisor, Pricing Calculator, and Budgets are valuable for cost optimization and monitoring but do not directly address the team's need for detailed cost analysis and forecasting.
- A. Correct.
AWS Cost Explorer is designed for analyzing and visualizing your cost and usage data. It allows you to view historical data and forecast future costs based on trends, making it suitable for the finance team's requirements.
- B. Incorrect.
AWS Trusted Advisor provides recommendations to optimize cost, performance, security, and more. However, it does not provide detailed cost breakdowns or forecasting capabilities.
- C. Incorrect.
AWS Pricing Calculator is used for estimating costs of AWS services before deployment. It is not suitable for analyzing actual incurred costs or forecasting based on past usage.
- D. Incorrect.
AWS Budgets allows you to set spending limits and receive alerts when the limits are exceeded. While useful for cost control, it does not provide detailed cost breakdowns or forecasting.
- E. Correct.
AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR) provides detailed, granular cost and usage data for each account and service. This data can be exported and analyzed to meet the finance team's requirement for detailed breakdowns.