AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 887

A company needs to graphically visualize AWS billing and usage over time. The company also needs information about its AWS monthly costs.
Which AWS Billing and Cost Management tool provides this data in a graphical format?

Answer options

• A. AWS Bills
• B. Cost Explorer
• C. AWS Cost and Usage Report
• D. AWS Budgets

Correct answer: B

Explanation

AWS Cost Explorer is specifically designed to let users visualize, understand, and manage their AWS costs and usage over time through interactive graphs and charts. While AWS Cost and Usage Reports provide detailed raw data and AWS Budgets tracks spending against defined thresholds, only Cost Explorer offers the built-in graphical interface for analyzing historical monthly costs. AWS Bills displays current charges in a tabular format rather than an interactive graphical view.