AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 57

Which AWS tool gives users the ability to plan their service usage, service costs, and instance reservations, and also allows them to set custom alerts when their costs or usage exceed established thresholds?

Answer options

• A. Cost Explorer
• B. AWS Budgets
• C. AWS Cost and Usage Report
• D. Reserved Instance reporting

Correct answer: B

Explanation

AWS Budgets is the correct answer because it specifically allows users to set custom alerts for costs and usage thresholds. Cost Explorer primarily focuses on visualizing and analyzing spending, while the AWS Cost and Usage Report provides detailed billing data without alerting capabilities. Reserved Instance reporting is more about tracking reserved instance usage rather than managing budget thresholds.