Migrating from the Cost module to AWS cost tools
If you use the Stax Cost module to manage your costs in AWS, you might want to consider some of the alternatives below. In general, you can start by investigating the capabilities of the AWS Billing and Cost Management suite, covered here. Additionally, if you have AWS Enterprise Support, your TAM can help with this too.
If you were using the Cost Dashboard
| for... | then you might consider... |
|---|---|
| Cost and usage analysis | AWS Cost Explorer |
| Tracking your AWS usage against a budget | AWS Budgets |
| Estimating future usage | AWS Cost Explorer Forecasts |
| Breaking down costs by views and segments | Cost Categories to break cost down based on rules you define, and Cost allocation tags to use tags assigned to your resources when grouping costs. |
| Viewing consolidated cost information across multiple AWS Organizations | Cloud Intelligence Dashboards and CUDOS using Amazon QuickSight |
| Breaking down costs among your AWS accounts for the purpose of chargeback or showback | Invoice Configuration |
If you were using the Raw Data page
| for... | then you might consider... |
|---|---|
| Searching for specific usage items using grouping and filtering | AWS Cost Explorer with Report parameters configured to suit your search query |
| Exporting large amounts of cost data for processing elsewhere | AWS Cost Explorer and Download as CSV functionality. Alternatively, consider querying CURs directly with Amazon Athena (set up as part of the process when setting up CUDOS). |
If you were using the Comparative Data page
| for... | then you might consider... |
|---|---|
| Comparing usage across Views and Segments | See "Breaking down costs by views and segments" under Cost Dashboard above |
| Estimating future usage across Views and Segments | See "Estimating future usage" under Cost Dashboard above |
If you were using Organizational Budgets
| for... | then you might consider... |
|---|---|
| Defining an organization-wide AWS budget | AWS Budgets |
If you were using the Wastage page
| for... | then you might consider... |
|---|---|
| Reviewing overprovisioned resources | Cost Optimization Hub savings opportunities |
| Reviewing outdated resource types | Cost Optimization Hub savings opportunities |
| Reviewing unused resources | No default comparison in AWS |
| Monitoring Savings Plans usage | Savings Plans Utilization report |
| Monitoring Reserved Instances usage | Reservations Utilization report |
If you were using Notifications
| for... | then you might consider... |
|---|---|
| Cost daily summary | Cloud Intelligence Dashboards and CUDOS using Amazon QuickSight |
| Cost weekly summary | Cloud Intelligence Dashboards and CUDOS using Amazon QuickSight |
| Budget alerts | AWS Budgets |
| Cost run rate spike alerts | Cost Anomaly Detection Alert subscriptions |
| Wastage report | Cost Optimization Hub and Data Exports |