AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) — Question 666

A company has moved all its infrastructure to the AWS Cloud. To plan ahead for each quarter, the finance team wants to track the cost and usage data of all resources from previous months. The finance team wants to automatically generate reports that contains the data.

Which AWS service or feature should the finance team use to meet these requirements?

Answer options

• A. Amazon Detective
• B. AWS Pricing Calculator
• C. AWS Budgets
• D. AWS Savings Plans

Correct answer: C

Explanation

AWS Budgets allows users to track their AWS cost and usage data and configure automated budget reports to be delivered on a recurring schedule, fulfilling the finance team's planning requirements. Amazon Detective is a security analysis tool, and AWS Pricing Calculator is used to estimate costs before resources are deployed rather than tracking actual usage. AWS Savings Plans is a flexible pricing model designed to reduce costs but does not natively generate automated historical reporting.