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AWS bill decoder: what each line item is and how to cut it
Paste a usage type from your bill into a search box and you land here. Each page names the line, shows the price with its source, works one example through, lists the usual causes and gives console and CLI steps to fix it.
Line items
- LoadBalancerUsage and LCUUsage: what an ALB costs:
LoadBalancerUsage - CloudWatch Logs DataProcessing-Bytes: the log ingestion line:
DataProcessing-Bytes - DataTransfer-Out-Bytes: internet egress on your bill:
DataTransfer-Out-Bytes - DataTransfer-Regional-Bytes: cross-AZ traffic on your bill:
DataTransfer-Regional-Bytes - EBS:VolumeUsage.gp2 - the gp2 volume line, and the cheaper gp3:
EBS:VolumeUsage.gp2 - NatGateway-Bytes: the NAT Gateway data-processing line:
NatGateway-Bytes - NatGateway-Hours: the fixed monthly cost of each NAT gateway:
NatGateway-Hours - PublicIPv4:InUseAddress and IdleAddress: the public IP address charge:
PublicIPv4:InUseAddress - TimedStorage-ByteHrs: the S3 Standard storage line:
TimedStorage-ByteHrs - VpcEndpoint-Hours: what interface endpoints cost:
VpcEndpoint-Hours
Guides
Find these lines in your own bill
Drop in a Cost Explorer or CUR CSV. Billtrim reads it in your browser, finds the lines above and shows the dollars and steps for your numbers.
Paste your export: how to export a Cost Explorer CSV or CUR file in two minutes.