AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 163

Which AWS Cloud service can send alerts to customers if custom spending thresholds are exceeded?

Answer options

• A. AWS Budgets
• B. AWS Cost Explorer
• C. AWS Cost Allocation Tags
• D. AWS Organizations

Correct answer: A

Explanation

AWS Budgets is designed specifically for tracking your spending and can alert you when you exceed your predefined thresholds. AWS Cost Explorer is useful for analyzing costs but does not provide alerting features. AWS Cost Allocation Tags help organize and categorize costs but do not monitor spending. AWS Organizations is for managing multiple accounts and does not provide budget alerts.