Question #732
Which AWS service provides interactive dashboards and detailed reports to analyze, forecast, and optimize cloud costs and usage trends?
AWS Budgets
AWS Trusted Advisor
AWS Cost Explorer
AWS CloudWatch
Explanation
AWS Cost Explorer (C) is designed for visualizing, analyzing, and forecasting AWS costs and usage. It offers interactive dashboards, granular filtering (e.g., by service, account, tags), and historical/forecasted cost reports.
Other options:
- A: AWS Budgets focuses on setting cost/usage thresholds and alerts, not detailed analysis.
- B: AWS Trusted Advisor provides cost optimization recommendations but lacks interactive dashboards or forecasting.
- D: AWS CloudWatch monitors operational metrics (e.g., CPU usage), not financial data.
Key Points:
1. Cost Explorer specializes in cost/usage analysis and forecasting.
2. Trusted Advisor and Budgets are complementary but serve different purposes.
3. CloudWatch is for infrastructure monitoring, not cost management.
Answer
The correct answer is: C