AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 500

A company wants to visualize and manage AWS Cloud costs and usage for a specific period of time.

Which AWS service or feature will meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Cost Explorer
• B. Consolidated billing
• C. AWS Organizations
• D. AWS Budgets

Correct answer: A

Explanation

AWS Cost Explorer is the ideal tool for visualizing, understanding, and managing AWS costs and usage over a specified time period. While AWS Budgets helps set custom cost limits and alerts, and Consolidated billing/AWS Organizations aggregate billing across multiple accounts, only Cost Explorer provides the detailed visual reporting and forecasting capabilities needed to analyze historical spend.