AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 636

Which AWS service or tool provides a visualization of historical AWS spending patterns and projections of future AWS costs?

Answer options

• A. AWS Cost and Usage Report
• B. AWS Budgets
• C. Cost Explorer
• D. Amazon Cloud Watch

Correct answer: C

Explanation

Cost Explorer is specifically designed to visualize, analyze, and forecast AWS cost and usage data over time. AWS Cost and Usage Report delivers raw billing data but lacks native visualization, while AWS Budgets is used to set custom budgets and alerts. Amazon CloudWatch is an operational monitoring service for system metrics and logs, not financial forecasting.