aws-ce

Get cost and usage data for the last month grouped by service

$ aws ce get-cost-and-usage --time-period Start=[YYYY-MM-DD],End=[YYYY-MM-DD] --granularity MONTHLY --metrics "BlendedCost" --group-by Type=DIMENSION,Key=SERVICE

$ aws ce get-cost-forecast --time-period Start=[YYYY-MM-DD],End=[YYYY-MM-DD] --metric BLENDED_COST --granularity MONTHLY

$ aws ce get-anomalies --date-interval StartDate=[YYYY-MM-DD],EndDate=[YYYY-MM-DD]

$ aws ce get-reservation-utilization --time-period Start=[YYYY-MM-DD],End=[YYYY-MM-DD]

$ aws ce get-savings-plans-coverage --time-period Start=[YYYY-MM-DD],End=[YYYY-MM-DD] --group-by Type=DIMENSION,Key=SERVICE

$ aws ce get-rightsizing-recommendation --service AmazonEC2

aws ce command [options]

aws ce is the AWS CLI interface for AWS Cost Explorer, enabling programmatic access to cost and usage data. It allows querying aggregated data like total monthly costs or granular metrics such as daily operations for specific services.
Cost Explorer provides insights into spending patterns, forecasting, anomaly detection, and recommendations for reserved instances and savings plans. All requests go through the us-east-1 regional endpoint.

get-cost-and-usage

Retrieve cost and usage metrics with filtering and grouping

Generate cost predictions based on historical data

List detected spending anomalies

Check reserved instance utilization rates

Analyze savings plans coverage across services

Get EC2 instance rightsizing suggestions

Set up automatic anomaly detection monitoring

Define custom cost categorization rules

Cost Explorer API has usage charges beyond the free tier. Data is typically delayed by 24-48 hours. Historical data is available for the last 13 months only. The us-east-1 endpoint must be used regardless of where resources are deployed.

AWS Cost Explorer launched in 2017 as a visualization tool in the AWS Console. The Cost Explorer API was introduced in 2018 to enable programmatic access. Anomaly detection was added in 2020, and commitment purchase analysis features expanded through 2023-2024.

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