We generally tend to avoid paying for things unless we actually need them, and the same goes for AWS

When using a cloud provider like AWS sometimes an unexpected charge may occur and we'd like to understand what are we being charged for and how to be notified whenever an unexpected charge occurs (especially when we're trying to stay within a free tier).

In this quick (4 minutes, 2 lessons) collection we're going to learn how to:

- Review the AWS Billing & Cost Management Dashboard
- Set up a billing alarm to be notified whenever our bill is larger than $5
- Review the AWS bill to understand how much are we going to pay this month and why

AWS free tier is awesome because we get to experiment with various services (like Lambda, DynamoDB, S3 etc.) and not having to pay for anything.

Unless we go over the limit and notice that instead of $0 we have to pay $100, which is not pleasant.

In this lesson we're going to learn how to review the AWS Billing & Cost Management Dashboard and how to set up a billing alarm in order to be notified once we start paying more than $5 per month of our AWS account

Review billing dashboard and set up a billing alarm to avoid paying too much for AWS

Even though AWS has a lot of services we can use within a free tier, sometimes an unexpected charge may occur. It's applicable not only for free tier, for instance you may notice that your AWS bill is way bigger this month than it was in the last one.

In this lesson we're going to learn how to review the AWS bill in order to understand which service are you being charged for and why.

Use AWS Billing & Cost Management Dashboard to keep your AWS bill to minimum

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