Financial Operations

Streamline AWS Cost Analytics with New Customized Billing and Cost Management Dashboards

Linnea Johansson

Tags: Cloud Management; FinOps; AWS Billing

Streamline AWS Cost Analytics with New Customized Billing and Cost Management Dashboards

FinOps Article

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, managing cloud costs efficiently is imperative for organizations striving to maintain fiscal prudence alongside operational agility. Amazon Web Services (AWS), a leader in cloud technology, has made significant strides in enabling businesses to have clearer visibility into their spending through its latest feature: the Billing and Cost Management Dashboards. As of today, August 20th, 2025, AWS proudly announces the general availability of this innovative tool for all its users. This exciting development promises to revolutionize the way organizations view, manage, and analyze their cloud expenditure.

A New Dawn in Cost Management

Imagine a world where your organization’s cloud financial data is not dispersed across multiple reports and spreadsheets, but rather consolidated into a single, customizable page. The newly launched Billing and Cost Management Dashboards from AWS make this possible. These dashboards empower users to tailor their financial insights by integrating data from AWS Cost Explorer with metrics related to commitment coverage and utilization. This holistic approach to data visualization allows businesses to uncover spending patterns and correlations, ultimately facilitating informed, data-driven financial decisions.

Why Adopt Customized Dashboards?

As burgeoning businesses increasingly integrate applications onto AWS, the complexity of monitoring financial metrics grows. Many organizations find themselves mired in a sea of data, often lacking the tools to discern trends, comparisons, and outliers. Here’s how Billing and Cost Management Dashboards address these challenges:

  • Comprehensive Visualizations: By enabling multiple visualizations on a single platform, it becomes easier to identify correlations and trends in spending.
  • Personalized Insights: Users can create and save tailored dashboards for regular analysis, ensuring vital information is always readily accessible.
  • Collaborative Cost Management: Sharing dashboards across accounts establishes unified reporting standards within an organization, promoting consistency and collective financial governance.

Features That Empower

At the heart of the Billing and Cost Management Dashboards are features designed to provide unparalleled clarity and insight into financial data. Here’s a closer look at what’s on offer:

  • Customized Dashboards: Add multiple widgets to create dashboards tailored to your financial analysis needs. Widgets serve as independent visual components that display data as graphs or tables, customizable in layout and size. For instance, a dashboard might juxtapose Savings Plans coverage with Amazon EC2 Spot spend, highlighting avenues for cost optimization.

  • Multiple Widget Types:

    • Custom Widgets: Adapt these atomic widgets to fulfill specific reporting requirements.
    • Predefined Widgets: Utilize out-of-the-box widgets for common use cases like monthly service or daily cost tracking.

  • Flexible Layouts & Sharing Capabilities: Each dashboard can accommodate up to 20 widgets with adjustable layouts. Dashboards can be shared within AWS Organizations or across external accounts, maintaining security and integrity by sharing only widget configurations.

Getting Started with Ease

Embarking on your journey with Billing and Cost Management Dashboards is simple. Ensure you have the necessary permissions for viewing, creating, and managing dashboards, along with access to AWS Cost Explorer. Additionally, use AWS Resource Access Manager to securely share dashboards across accounts.

Creating a custom dashboard is straightforward, and there’s no extra charge involved. For those enthusiastic about automation and integrations, dashboards can also be created programmatically via APIs.

Conclusion

AWS’s new Billing and Cost Management Dashboards mark a significant leap forward in cloud financial management, providing users with tools to visualize and analyze expenses comprehensively. By fostering enhanced collaboration and promoting informed financial strategies, these dashboards are set to become an invaluable asset for organizations navigating the cloud economy.

For your organization to stay financially astute in the cloud era, dive into the AWS Billing and Cost Management Console today and experience the power of tailored financial insights.