AWS Cost Explorer vs. AWS Cost and Usage Report
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | AWS Cost Explorer | AWS Cost and Usage Report |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.4 | 3.7 |
| Review count | 14 | 15 |
| Ease of use | 8.9 | 8.4 |
| Ease of setup | 9.3 | 7.1 |
| Quality of support | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| Meets requirements | 8.9 | 9.3 |
| NPS | 69.230769 | 0 |
| Small Business | 42.9% | 53.3% |
| Mid-Market | 35.7% | 40.0% |
| Enterprise | 21.4% | 6.7% |
| Total page views | 125 | 81 |
| Total LLM citations | 123 | 28 |
AWS Cost Explorer
AWS Cost Explorer lets you dive deeper into your cost and usage data to identify trends, pinpoint cost drivers, and detect anomalies, completely free of charge.
AWS Cost and Usage Report
The AWS Cost & Usage Report lists AWS usage for each service category used by an account and its IAM users in hourly or daily line items, as well as any tags that you have activated for cost allocation purposes. You can also customize the AWS Cost & Usage Report to aggregate your usage data to the daily or monthly level.
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