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AWS Config

  • Timenot billed
  • Bytesnot billed
  • Callsbilled

In one line

Configuration items recorded and rule evaluations run. Churny resources dominate.

What gets missed

Recording all resource types bills a configuration item on every change to noisy resources. Conformance packs bill per resource per rule, so one pack rolled out org-wide multiplies fast.

Find it on your bill

Filter Cost Explorer or your Cost and Usage Report by these usage types. A usage type with no region prefix means us-east-1.

  • ConfigurationItemRecorded
  • ConfigRuleEvaluations
  • ConformancePackEvaluations

Bills the same way

These services turn exactly the same meters, so what you learn here transfers.