AWS Billing

Question 1

What is an easy way to see free their billing/usage information?

Answer 1

In the billing console, there is a ‘free tier billing widget’ available to show you the free tier information.

Question 2

How can I set up an alert for my free tier usage?

Answer 2

In the billing console under preferences, there is an option to set up free tinier alerts where you receive an email.

Question 3

I have multipal accounts in an organization, one of the accounts reserves an instance but does not use it, can any of the other accounts take advantage of the reserved instance?

Answer 3

Yes, any of the accounts under the pay account can take advantage if this unused reserved instance.

Question 4

Is a reserved instance a physical or virtual instance reserved for your usage?

Answer 4

No, it is as billing construct applied to your account.

Question 5

How can I have billing reports stored and use SQL queries to analyze the reports?

Answer 5

You can have the reports automatically sent to RedShift, hourly or daily.

Question 6

Can I have billing reports sent to Athena?

Answer 6

Yes, hourly, daily

Question 7

Can I have billing reports sent to QuickSight?

Answer 7

Yes, hourly, daily