Management
AWS Cost Explorer
- Timebilled
- Bytesnot billed
- Callsbilled
In one line
Console browsing is free. The API bills per request.
What gets missed
Pagination counts: every page of a Cost Explorer API response is a separate billable request, so an unbounded reporting script can outcost what it reports on. Hourly granularity bills daily per usage record.
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.
APIRequestCostDataStorageAdditionalSourceViews
Bills the same way
These services turn exactly the same meters, so what you learn here transfers.