The following table describes the documentation for this release of the AWS Cost Management console.
New templates and tutorials in AWS Budgets | Added a new feature to create a budget using a template with recommended configurations as well as walk-through tutorials to learn about creating different kinds of budgets. | September 27, 2022 |
New AWS Cost Anomaly Detection history values | Added information about new values in the AWS Cost Anomaly Detection history tab into the AWS Cost Management guide to align with the console. | August 16, 2022 |
New split-view panel in AWS Budgets | Added a new feature to enhance the console experience by adding a split-view panel that allows you to view budget details without leaving the Budgets Overview page. | June 15, 2022 |
New AWS Cost Management guide | Split the Billing and Cost Management user guide and aligned the feature details into the Billing guide and AWS Cost Management guide to align with the console. | October 20, 2021 |
New AWS Cost Anomaly Detection | Added a new AWS Cost Anomaly Detection feature that uses machine learning to continuously monitor your cost and usage to detect unusual spends. | December 16, 2020 |
New Purchase Order Management | Added a new purchase order feature to configure how your purchases are reflected on your invoices. | October 15, 2020 |
New Budget Actions | Added a new AWS Budgets actions feature to run an action on your behalf when a budget exceeds a certain cost or usage threshold. | October 15, 2020 |
New China bank redirect payment method | Added a new payment method that allows China CNY customers using AWS to pay their overdue payments using China Bank Redirect. | February 20, 2020 |
New security chapter | Added a new security chapter that provides information about various security controls. Former "Controlling Access" chapter contents have been migrated here. | February 6, 2020 |
New reporting method using AWS Budgets | Added a new reporting functionality using AWS Budgets reports. | June 27, 2019 |
Added normalized units to AWS Cost Explorer | AWS Cost Explorer reports now include normalized units. | February 5, 2019 |
New payment behavior | AISPL customers can now enable the auto-charge ability for their payments. | December 20, 2018 |
Updated the AWS Cost Explorer UI | Updated the AWS Cost Explorer UI. | November 15, 2018 |
Added budget history | Added the ability to see the history of a budget. | November 13, 2018 |
Expanded budget services | Expanded RI budgets to Amazon OpenSearch Service. | November 8, 2018 |
Added a new payment method | Added the SEPA Direct Debit payment method. | October 25, 2018 |
Redesigned budget experience | Updated the budget UI and workflow. | October 23, 2018 |
New Reserved Instance recommendation columns | Added new columns to the AWS Cost Explorer RI recommendations. | October 18, 2018 |
Added a new Reserved Instance report | Expanded RI reports to Amazon OpenSearch Service. | October 10, 2018 |
AWS Cost Explorer walkthrough | AWS Cost Explorer now provides a walkthrough for the most common functionality. | September 24, 2018 |
Added a new payment method | Added the ACH Direct Debit payment method. | July 24, 2018 |
Added RI purchase recommendations for additional services | Added RI purchase recommendations for additional services in AWS Cost Explorer. | July 11, 2018 |
Added RI purchase recommendations for linked accounts | Added RI purchase recommendations for linked accounts in AWS Cost Explorer. | June 27, 2018 |
Added AWS CloudFormation for budgets | Added Budgets templates for AWS CloudFormation. | May 22, 2018 |
Updated RI allocation behavior for linked accounts | Updated the RI allocation behavior size-flexible RI for linked accounts. | May 9, 2018 |
RI coverage alerts | Added RI coverage alerts. | May 8, 2018 |
Unblend linked account bills | Linked account bills no longer show the blended rate for the organization. | May 7, 2018 |
Added Amazon RDS recommendations to AWS Cost Explorer | Added Amazon RDS Recommendations to AWS Cost Explorer. | April 19, 2018 |
Added a new AWS Cost Explorer dimension and AWS Cost and Usage Reports line item | Added a new AWS Cost Explorer dimension and AWS Cost and Usage Reports line item. | March 27, 2018 |
Added purchase recommendations to the AWS Cost Explorer API | Added access to the Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance (RI) purchase recommendations via the AWS Cost Explorer API. | March 20, 2018 |
Added RI coverage for Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, and ElastiCache | Reserved Instance (RI) coverage for Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, and ElastiCache . | March 13, 2018 |
Added RI coverage to the AWS Cost Explorer API | Added GetReservationCoverage to the AWS Cost Explorer API. | February 22, 2018 |
RI recommendations | Added RI recommendations based on previous usage. | November 20, 2017 |
AWS Cost Explorer API | Enabled programmatic access to AWS Cost Explorer via API. | November 20, 2017 |
RI utilization alerts for additional services | Added notifications for additional services. | November 10, 2017 |
Added RI reports | Expanded RI reports to Amazon RDS, Redshift, and ElastiCache. | November 10, 2017 |
Discount sharing preferences | Updated preferences so that AWS credits and RI discount sharing can be turned off. | November 6, 2017 |
RI utilization alerts | Added notifications for when RI utilization drops below a preset percentage-based threshold. | August 21, 2017 |
Updated AWS Cost Explorer UI | Released a new AWS Cost Explorer UI. | August 16, 2017 |
AWS Marketplace data integration | Added AWS Marketplace so that customers can see their data reflected in all billing artifacts, including the Bills page, AWS Cost Explorer, and more. | August 10, 2017 |
Linked account access and usage type groups in budgets | Added support for creating cost and usage budgets based on specific usage types and usage type groups, and extended budget creation capabilities to all account types. | June 19, 2017 |
Added AWS Cost Explorer advanced options | You can now filter AWS Cost Explorer reports by additional advanced options, such as refunds, credits, RI upfront fees, RI recurring charges, and support charges. | March 22, 2017 |
Added a AWS Cost Explorer report | You can now track your Reserved Instance (RI) coverage in AWS Cost Explorer. | March 20, 2017 |
Added AWS Cost Explorer filters | You can now filter AWS Cost Explorer reports by tenancy, platform, and the Amazon EC2 Spot and Scheduled Reserved Instance purchase options. | March 20, 2017 |
AWS Cost Explorer and budgets for AISPL | AISPL users can now use AWS Cost Explorer and budgets. | March 6, 2017 |
Added grouping for AWS Cost Explorer usage types | AWS Cost Explorer supports grouping for both cost and usage data, enabling customers to identify their cost drivers by cross-referencing their cost and usage charts. | February 24, 2017 |
Added a AWS Cost Explorer report | You can now track your monthly Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance (RI) utilization in AWS Cost Explorer. | December 16, 2016 |
Added a AWS Cost Explorer report | You can now track your daily Amazon EC2 Reserved Instance (RI) utilization in AWS Cost Explorer. | December 15, 2016 |
Added AWS Cost Explorer advanced options | You can now exclude tagged resources from your AWS Cost Explorer reports. | November 18, 2016 |
Expanded budget functionality | You can now use budgets to track usage data. | October 20, 2016 |
Expanded AWS Cost Explorer functionality | You can now use AWS Cost Explorer to visualize your costs by usage type groups. | September 15, 2016 |
AWS Cost Explorer report manager | You can now save AWS Cost Explorer queries. | November 12, 2015 |
Budgets and forecasting | You can now manage your AWS usage and costs using budgets and cost forecasts. | June 29, 2015 |
Amazon Internet Services Pvt. Ltd | You can now manage your account settings and payment methods for an Amazon Internet Services Pvt. Ltd (AISPL) account. | June 1, 2015 |
Expanded AWS Cost Explorer functionality | You can now use AWS Cost Explorer to visualize your costs by Availability Zone, API operation, purchase option, or multiple cost allocation tags. | February 19, 2015 |
Preferred payment currencies | You can now change the currency associated with your credit card. | February 16, 2015 |
Expanded AWS Cost Explorer functionality | You can now use AWS Cost Explorer to visualize your costs by Amazon EC2 instance type or region. | January 5, 2015 |
IAM user permissions | You can now enable AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) users and federated users to access and manage your account settings, view your bills, and perform cost management. For example, you can grant people in your finance department full access to the financial setup and control of your AWS account, without having to give them access to your production AWS environment. | July 7, 2014 |
AWS Cost Explorer launched | AWS Cost Explorer provides a visualization of your AWS costs that enables you to analyze your costs in multiple ways. | April 8, 2014 |
Version 2.0 published for the Billing guide | The AWS Billing User Guide has been reorganized and rewritten to use the new Billing and Cost Management console. | October 25, 2013 |