Cloud Financial Management
Whether you were born in the cloud, or you are just starting your migration journey to the cloud, AWS has a set of solutions to help you manage and optimize your spend.
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- I am a small business owner from India and I urgently need help escalating an unassigned billing case. Following a database technical crisis in May, an accidental Amazon EFS misconfiguration caused ou...
- Hi AWS Community, I am desperately seeking help. My AWS account has been suspended for 8 days and I have received absolutely ZERO response from AWS support. Here is my situation: - Account suspended...
- I opened a billing support case on 5 June 2026 regarding unexpected Amazon QuickSight charges (~$1,119.74) that accrued after a free trial expired while I was locked out of my account due to a lost MF...asked 4 days ago
- Steps to reproduce this: Go to Cost explorer Select Services -> RDS Group by dimension -> API Operation Im attaching an image because it sounds implausible! [Case in point](/media/postImages/original/...
- We have changed our billing address, but we have not changed it in the PDFs. I have opened several tickets on this topic, but there is no processing of the tickets. The oldest ticket is 22 days old. ...
- Hi, I’m trying to understand how Amazon Lightsail data transfer allowance works when creating an additional instance of the same bundle after the original instance has already exceeded its monthly tr...
- I would like to clarify how Amazon Lightsail calculates the aggregated monthly data transfer allowance for instances with the same `bundleId` in the same AWS Region. For a given Lightsail bundle, at ...
- Hello, I opened a billing case regarding recurring OCBCloudFront charges of approximately $500/month. The case has been open for nearly a month, is currently marked Unassigned, and I still have not re...
- Hi, I would like to confirm how the monthly data transfer allowance is calculated for Amazon Lightsail. Suppose that, within the same AWS Region, I create two identical $5 IPv6-only Lightsail instanc...
- I have created an aws account 2 months ago to learn aws , and i got 200$ credit with it , i had barely used 1$ so far , as i thought there are 6 months left to utilize i created aws organization to...
- Hello, my billing support case (Case ID: *************) has been stuck as 'Unassigned' for 27 days. I am a student who accidentally incurred a $12 charge and a $2.55 charge while experimenting with th...
- I have cancelled my subscription to a third-party AWS Marketplace subscription (AureusERP, an ERP solution built on Ubuntu, published by Webkul) and it is no longer appears in my dashboard, but it is ...
- I've had a domain on Route 53 for a couple of years and it was auto renewing with no issues. However, I've recently received an email about an upcoming price increase. The email suggests that you can ...
- Case ID ***************, how to escalate? *Edit: Removed case ID \- Kita B.
- Hello, I am looking for guidance regarding AWS Billing Support. I currently have three billing support cases: - ************** (opened May 18, 2026) - ************** (opened May 24, 2026) - *******...
- Hi AWS Community, I am seeking some advice regarding a pending charge waiver request. I am a final-year software engineering student, and I recently incurred an unexpected charge of $95.50 (including...
- I am getting billed for EC2 in AWS for not terminating an instance which has been idle for about 2 months. I have terminated the instance 5 days ago and I am still getting billed for the EBS volume. !...
- I would like to use wire transfer as a payment method, but I can't find the wire transfer option. What conditions need to be met to use wire transfer as a payment method?
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Recent articles
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Padma ThummalapalliEXPERTpublished a day ago0 votes17 viewsAmazon WorkSpaces Pools deliver cost-effective, non-persistent virtual desktops by sharing pooled instances across users. Without proper scaling policies and monitoring, however, a misconfiguration ca...- Dubrowin, ShlomoEXPERTpublished 12 days ago0 votes76 viewsThis guide helps AWS customers set effective cost monitoring thresholds using AWS Cost Anomaly Detection and AWS Budgets. It provides a 4-step approach for complex multi-account environments: gather d...
- Bhanusree VadlamudiEXPERTpublished 22 days ago0 votes111 viewsStop planning. Start implementing. The FinOps AFIX engagement brings the right people together to accomplish your cloud financial management goals in days, not months.
- Ram AchantaEXPERTpublished 23 days ago1 votes352 viewsAs enterprises scale Kiro adoption across multiple business units, finance teams need to attribute subscription costs to the teams consuming them — without building custom infrastructure. This guide d...
- Job PaniaguaEXPERTpublished a month ago2 votes276 viewsThis guide provides a comprehensive overview of AWS commitment-based discount models — Reserved Instances and Savings Plans — including the newly launched Database Savings Plans (December 2025). It is...
- AWS OFFICIALUpdated a month ago1 votes963 viewsThis article guides you on how to estimate usage for AWS DevOps Agent, understand AWS Support plan credits, and forecast costs across your organization.
- Heverin, StephenEXPERTpublished 2 months ago0 votes124 viewsLearn how to upgrade Python in AWS CloudShell so you can install and run the latest cid-cmd CLI for deploying Cloud Intelligence Dashboards. This step-by-step guide uses pyenv to build Python 3.12 in ...
- LokeshEXPERTpublished 2 months ago0 votes241 viewsAnswer to Who and what is driving our Amazon Bedrock spend?
- Caio CorreaEXPERTpublished 2 months ago2 votes317 viewsEver noticed that your AWS invoice charges don't match what you see in AWS Cost Explorer or the AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR)? You're not alone. This happens because Data Transfer charges appear sep...
- Amrita PandeyEXPERTpublished 4 months ago0 votes225 viewsAWS Extended Support charges escalate significantly over time—Year 2 doubles the rate, Year 3+ triples it. For organizations with hundreds of resources, these costs can reach tens of thousands monthly...
- YalaEXPERTpublished 4 months ago0 votes224 viewsThis article provides ready-to-use Amazon Athena SQL queries to identify and analyze Amazon ElastiCache clusters running Redis or Valkey engines across AWS accounts using Cost and Usage Report (CUR) d...
- AbdulMEXPERTpublished 5 months ago1 votes7.7K viewsThis article provides a practical guide to implementing user-level cost tracking and usage limiting for Amazon Bedrock, helping you maintain visibility and control as your AI applications grow.
- Mohamed SherifEXPERTpublished 5 months ago0 votes229 viewsComplete guide for creating AWS Savings Plans chargeback reports. Shows how to use AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR) with Amazon Athena to query usage data, calculate proportional cost allocation across...
Ahmed MansouriSUPPORT ENGINEERpublished 5 months ago0 votes203 viewsA deep dive into EBS block tracking, snapshots, and the curious case of phantom data- Kapil KapoorEXPERTpublished 5 months ago0 votes568 viewsModern cloud operations don't pause when you step away from your desk. In 2025, the AWS Console Mobile App evolved from a monitoring tool into an operational platform with 11 launches spanning observa...
- Kanwar BajwaEXPERTpublished 6 months ago0 votes568 viewsEver worried about accidentally launching expensive AWS resources that blow your budget? This guide shows you how to automatically **prevent new AWS operations** when your spending reaches certain thr...
- Heverin, StephenEXPERTpublished 6 months ago1 votes217 viewsAs someone focused on FinOps and cost optimization, I'm always excited to highlight new capabilities that help customers manage and optimize their cloud spending. Here are the standout announcements f...
- AWS OFFICIALUpdated 6 months ago0 votes264 viewsThis article explores how a travel services provider used AWS Support and AWS Pricing Calculator to plan and execute a cost-effective cross-AWS Region cloud migration after an acquisition.
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- AWS OfficialMODERATORpublished 3 months ago0 votes341 viewsThis spotlight on AWS Billing equips you with the skills and troubleshooting tips to get the most out of your AWS service.
- AWS OFFICIALUpdated 2 years ago0 votes274 viewsThe Cloud Intelligence Dashboards are a series of QuickSight templated dashboards built on AWS native services supported by a dedicated framework for managing access to the data. These dashboards incl...
- AWS OFFICIALUpdated 2 years ago0 votes51 viewsCloud Financial Management (CFM) is a discipline that combines tools, processes, and practices to plan, manage, and optimize cloud costs while letting enterprises innovate and scale to take advantage ...
- Benjamin LecoqEXPERTpublished 3 years ago9 votes17.3K viewsRe:invent 2024 takes place in Las Vegas (Nevada) from Monday 12/02 to Friday 12/06. This selection will focus on cost optimization related announcements
- AWS OFFICIALUpdated 3 years ago0 votes57 viewsDo you plan to commit to a specific amount of AWS compute power for a long period of time? Explore this curated Selection to learn how you can optimize your costs with Savings Plans.
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