8 guides on Costs
Understanding the AWS bill
Where to look at the AWS bill, how to use Cost Explorer to know which service each euro goes to, why charges appear for things you thought were switch…
⏱ 8-minute read◎ For everyoneRead the guide →Create a budget in AWS Budgets with alerts
Set up a monthly cost budget in AWS Budgets with alerts at 80 % of actual spend and 100 % of the forecast, so you learn about a rise in your AWS bill …
⏱ 5 minutes◎ For everyoneRead the guide →Stop paying for AWS: everything you need to delete
You finish a project or switch providers and want the AWS bill to drop to zero. The complete list, region by region, of what keeps charging even when …
⏱ 30 minutes◎ For everyoneRead the guide →The AWS Free Tier without surprises
AWS gives new accounts free usage, but with small print: for a limited time, with monthly caps and no warning when you go over. What it includes depen…
⏱ 8-minute read◎ For everyoneRead the guide →Which AWS region to choose from Spain
Spain, Paris, Ireland, Frankfurt... AWS makes you choose a region before creating anything, and the choice affects speed, price, which services you ha…
⏱ 7-minute read◎ For everyoneRead the guide →What a Lightsail machine really costs per month
The price of the Lightsail plan is only the beginning: unattached static IPs, snapshots, additional disks, traffic above the quota, stopped machines, …
⏱ 15 minutes◎ Basic levelRead the guide →Set a per-user budget so nobody creates too many machines
When several people create machines, databases and snapshots in the same AWS account, spending shoots up without anyone deciding it. How to set a mont…
⏱ 40 minutes◎ Intermediate levelRead the guide →Your AWS bill has gone up: where to look in 10 minutes
A short walk through Billing and Cost Explorer to find what has pushed your AWS bill up: group by service, region and tag, narrow down to the last few…
⏱ 10 minutes◎ Basic levelRead the guide →See all guides · Missing a Costs task? Tell us and we will write it.