AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — Question 923

Which AWS service or tool can a company use to visualize, understand, and manage AWS spending and usage over time?

Answer options

• A. AWS Trusted Advisor
• B. Amazon CloudWatch
• C. Cost Explorer
• D. AWS Budgets

Correct answer: C

Explanation

AWS Cost Explorer is the primary tool designed to visualize, understand, and manage AWS spending and usage trends over time with custom graphs and charts. While AWS Budgets helps set cost thresholds and alerts, and AWS Trusted Advisor provides optimization recommendations, neither offers the same comprehensive historical visualization. Amazon CloudWatch is used for monitoring application and infrastructure performance metrics rather than financial tracking.