Cost management

Spend cap budgets are now generally available for a limited set of services

For eligible services, you can configure a spend cap budget to automatically pause usage when your estimated spend exceeds the budget amount you set. You can manage spend cap budgets in the Budgets page in the Google Cloud console and using the Cloud Billing Budget API.

AWS now lets customers sign up for AWS and pay invoices using ACH direct debit

Starting today, AWS customers in the United States can use a US bank account to sign up for AWS and pay for their AWS services through ACH direct debit. This feature provides a convenient and secure way to manage AWS payments directly from a USD bank account.

AWS Cost Explorer, Budgets, and Dashboards now support Amazon Bedrock product attributes

AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, and AWS Cost Management Dashboards now let you analyze Amazon Bedrock costs by product attributes, a new dimension that breaks down Bedrock cost by model, model provider, inference type, and feature.

AWS Billing and Cost Management now provides billing context for your account through a new API

AWS Billing and Cost Management now offers the ListBillingViewSegments API, which returns the billing context of your account over a time period you specify.

AWS Billing Conductor now supports custom rates and usage tier pricing configurations

AWS Billing Conductor now lets you define custom rate pricing for AWS services, including defining custom usage tiers to configure rates by the desired usage volume.

Introducing the Incentives page, for tracking spend-based milestone credits, RaMP, and other conditional incentives

If you have a custom pricing contract, you might be enrolled in conditional incentives, where you earn credits or discounts for spending specific amounts on Google Cloud.

Generally Available: Purchase order mapping available in Microsoft Marketplace

Align Microsoft Marketplace purchases to your business's accounting needs. Purchase order mapping helps allocate your Microsoft invoice, including Marketplace purchases, making it easier to reconcile your organization's cloud and AI spend.

Announcing: Reservation exchanges for Azure services supported by savings plans will no longer be available starting February 1, 2027

Starting February 1, 2027, Azure reservations exchanges will no longer be available for services covered by savings plans. At the time of this announcement, this includes reservations for the following services:

AWS now supports automatic credit memo application preferences

AWS now enables customers who pay through electronic funds transfer to configure preferences for how credit memos are automatically applied to outstanding invoices.

Track cost efficiency trends directly in Billing and Cost Management Dashboards with the new Cost Efficiency widget

Today, AWS Billing and Cost Management (BCM) announces support for Cost Efficiency widget in BCM Dashboards. You can now view cost efficiency trends alongside Cost Explorer, Budgets, and reports for Savings Plans and Reserved Instance coverage and utilization reports.

AWS launches Cost Explorer historical data retention for accounts in billing groups

Today, AWS announces Cost Explorer historical data retention for accounts in billing groups.

AWS Cost Explorer launches intelligent cost explanations powered by Amazon Q

AWS Cost Explorer now supports 'Analyze with Amazon Q', a new capability that delivers comprehensive cost explanations for any report you configure in Cost Explorer.

AWS now provides AI-powered cost investigations for cost anomalies

AWS Cost Anomaly Detection now includes AI-powered cost investigation, which uses Amazon Q to analyze the root cause of detected cost anomalies.

AWS India customers can now use UPI Scan and Pay for sign-up and payments

India customers can now use UPI (Unified Payments Interface) Scan and Pay to sign up for AWS or make payments to their invoices.

AWS Cost Optimization Hub now supports CSV download

AWS Cost Optimization Hub now supports direct CSV download in the console, enabling you to export your cost optimization recommendations to your local machine with a single click.

AWS Billing Conductor launches Passthrough Pricing Plan for Billing Transfer users

AWS Billing Conductor now supports the Passthrough Pricing Plan, a new managed pricing plan for Billing Transfer users.

AWS Billing and Cost Management Dashboards Now Supports Scheduled Email Delivery

AWS Billing and Cost Management Dashboards now support scheduled email delivery for your reports.

AWS Cost Explorer launches Natural Language Query capabilities powered by Amazon Q

AWS Cost Explorer now brings Amazon Q Developer's generative AI capabilities directly into your cost analysis workflows. You can now use natural language queries to ask Amazon Q questions about your AWS cost and usage data.

AWS now supports Bacs Direct Debit as a payment method for UK customers

Starting today, AWS customers based in the United Kingdom can use Bacs Direct Debit to pay for their AWS services. This new feature provides a convenient and automated way to manage your cloud spend directly from your GBP-based bank account.

Enhanced Transactions view now available in AWS Billing Console

AWS announces significant improvements to the Transactions view in the AWS Billing and Cost Management Console’s Payments page, delivering faster performance, simplified payment reconciliation, and improved data accuracy.