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AWS Budgets Pricing Calculator

Model action-enabled budgets and Budgets Reports deliveries — monitoring alone stays free.

  • No signup
  • Instant results
  • ~2 min

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Action budgets

us-east-1list rates, pricing as of 2026-07-09. Cost/usage budget alerts are free. First 2 action-enabled budgets free; then $0.10/day each. Reports $0.01 per delivery. Source: AWS public pricing.

budgets

First 2 free; then $0.10/day (~$3/mo) each.

Who This Tool Is For

FinOps and cloud ops teams using budget actions or scheduled Budgets Reports.

Why We Built This Tool

Alerts are free; actions and report emails are the paid meters.

What Problem It Solves

  • Action sprawl. Each action budget beyond 2 costs ~$3/mo.
  • Report cadence. Daily portfolio reports multiply $0.01 deliveries.
  • Free monitoring. Threshold alerts without actions stay $0.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are budget alerts free?

Yes — monitoring and notifications without actions are free.

What is an action-enabled budget?

A budget that can apply IAM/SCP or stop resources when thresholds are exceeded.

How are reports billed?

Each Budgets Reports email delivery costs $0.01.

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