AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 506

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 allows users to define custom cost and usage budgets and automatically triggers alerts via email or SNS when thresholds are exceeded. AWS Cost Explorer is designed for visualizing and analyzing historical spend rather than proactive alerting, while AWS Cost Allocation Tags and AWS Organizations are used for cost tracking and account management, respectively.