The cost explorer helps to find the cost of services that can be charged over a period of time at the beginning itself so that we can plan accordingly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cost Explorer?

Not much but it did not give many options Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sunney S.

Senior Sql Server developer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/24/2022

"AWS Cost Explorer User"

3.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Cost Explorer?

It provides correct data to analyze and view cost.

It maintains data history.

It is easy to use.

The preconfigured views saves time and money to analyze data.

It is very secure and reliable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cost Explorer?

I think cost effective architecture should be redesigned with an aim to provide effective cloud solutions meeting the needs of various clients. The automated templates should be increased. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Monish K.

Snowflake busted up our performance

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/27/2020

"Analyze and optimize the your AWS cost, using cost explorer"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Cost Explorer?

We can analyze our AWS cost by slicing and dissing, We can filter the cost based on many things, resource, tag etc , using which it is easier to identify the cost factor and try to optimize it, it has different types of analytic grapes and chart which helps in visualizing the cost trend, cost values gets updated almost in real time, It gives a understanding and proof of the billing, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cost Explorer?

Navigating to the cost explorer is quit confusing at the beginning, it wold be better if it cold be accessed easily filter UI could be improved, example it i select a tag and i should be allowed to select multi values for it, but now it auto applies ones i select one value, some things like this could be improved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS Cost Explorer:

You need a way to analyze your AWS cost, then Cost Explorer Helps a lot Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Cost Explorer solving and how is that benefiting you?

we are a product pricing company, we use Cost explorer to see if we have any opportunity to reduce the AWS cost we have achieved some major cost optimizations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/31/2018

"Budget done right!"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Cost Explorer?

I like that it lets me explore different options and search by tags. When I tag my Amazon Web Services Elastic Compute Cloud instances, I would want to tag them and see pricing per each tag. That comes really useful for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cost Explorer?

I dislike a report function which is very inconvenient. CSV file can be imported but really hard to integrate with any of Databases on Amazon Web Services to search and run queries. However, I have found a solution using Anthena which works just fine for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS Cost Explorer:

I would say it definitely headed into the right direction and I would love to see it implemented better. The data that it gives is what matters the most and handling this data could be implemented better and that's what I am hoping to see in the future. In the marketplace, there are many applications being used and those which are used very frequently I believe should be implemented in Cost Explorer right away because that is what people really need. I would like to get a better visualization with the data so sometimes I am using 3rd party software such as Tableau. Apart from that, AWS Trusted Advisor should be configured with AWS Cost Explorer so it would help customers to see the connection between their spending and best practices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Cost Explorer solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am trying to track down the price problem in the company when Amazon Web Services are not executed nor utilized correctly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vinh H.

Project Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/2/2018

"Good tool to analyze all ongoing cost for services you are using on AWS"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Cost Explorer?

- Many filter options to allowing viewing cost by services, accounts, running hours and usage, monthly or daily

- The charts help visualize the trends of cost (increasing / decreasing)

- Allow saving reports filter so I don't need to set same filter next time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cost Explorer?

- Sometime getting errors when saving reports

- Only have 2 type of charts (bar and line). Better to have more Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS Cost Explorer:

Good tool that shows you a detail view about your ongoing trending AWS cost, which helps you understand clearly and know how to fine-tune your service usages in AWS to make if more efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Cost Explorer solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm using it to have a better view of my company's ongoing cost and its trend. It helps us to understand current situation of AWS usage in order to improve and optimize it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sherif W.

Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/19/2018

"AWS Cost Explorer"

5/5

What do you like best about AWS Cost Explorer?

You can get charts and reports about what you paid and in what as well as providing filtering on dates and on what did you use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cost Explorer?

I think the UI could be made better as it have many details while it can be divided into more subpages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS Cost Explorer:

I recommend using it as you will keep track of what you are paying for as well as getting reports which is useful for payments or keeping track of budgets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Cost Explorer solving and how is that benefiting you?

I'm using it to know the costs that I'm paying for by seeing the reports generated for each month or for duration and filtering for usage of running or storage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Josue D.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/4/2018

"Great service but a little bit pricy"

3.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Cost Explorer?

The customer service and the free trial for about a year. You can get a free space for a period of time unless you overpass the limit they give you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cost Explorer?

Is kinda complicated to locate everything and to understand everything unless you are a programer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/24/2018

"AWS Cost Explorer from a student POV"

4/5

What do you like best about AWS Cost Explorer?

I like that it gives me detailed information about the billing for different period of times, it also has a nice interactive dashboard stating all the used services - for how long and various rates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cost Explorer?

Sometimes, new services don't show up fast enough - so I may need to wait for a day or something until it's propagated through the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS Cost Explorer:

I recommend using AWS cost explorer for anyone using the AWS services and having a limited budget, as the dashboard is very user-friendly and provides limit alerts and information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Cost Explorer solving and how is that benefiting you?

It provides me with up to date billing information which helps me manage my needs and usage of the various AWS services - most importantly the EC2 instances -. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sara M.

Exercise Specialist

Medical Practice

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/6/2018

"AWS Cost Explorer"

3.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Cost Explorer?

Like all amazon companies, it is very efficient, concise and a great tool for all companies to use. Great customer service! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cost Explorer?

Nothing so far, it is a great tool, still learning new features, not a whole lot of new changes coming around which is a good thing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carlos L.

Gerente de TI

Information Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/31/2018

"Very Useful"

4.5/5

What do you like best about AWS Cost Explorer?

The ease of controlling the costs by separating by departments greatly helps the monthly control, the reports of that tool greatly help the financial team to define the accounting separation between the areas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cost Explorer?

I believe it is possible to improve, add the separation of costs per service with in addition to tags. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering AWS Cost Explorer:

Controlling your costs at AWS is essential to the success of your business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Cost Explorer solving and how is that benefiting you?

The use of infra by service is an important way to speed up deliveries, but only with this tool is it possible to control and separate costs by area. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.