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A financial technology company is planning to deploy a new serverless backend on AWS. The cloud engineering team needs to estimate the monthly cost of this new architecture before launching it. Additionally, the finance team wants to set up automated alerts to notify them if their actual or forecasted monthly spending exceeds 1000010{}000.

Which TWO of the following AWS Billing and Cost Management tools should the company use to meet these requirements? (Select TWO.)

  1. AWS Pricing CalculatorAnswer
  2. AWS BudgetsAnswer
  3. C
    AWS Cost Explorer
  4. D
    AWS Billing Conductor

Answer

The company should use the AWS Pricing Calculator to estimate the costs of the serverless backend prior to deployment, and AWS Budgets to establish proactive alerts for when actual or forecasted monthly spending exceeds the threshold.
The correct selection involves using the AWS Pricing Calculator to estimate costs before launching resources, combined with AWS Budgets to configure proactive notifications when spending thresholds are breached or forecasted to be breached.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the pre-deployment cost estimation requirement.
The AWS Pricing Calculator is the designated tool for estimating costs of AWS architectures before resources are provisioned.
This matches the cloud engineering team's goal of estimating the serverless backend's monthly cost.
2
Identify the automated threshold alerting requirement.
AWS Budgets is the designated tool for defining budget limits and sending notifications when costs or usage exceed (or are forecasted to exceed) those limits.
This matches the finance team's requirement to receive notifications if spending exceeds 1000010{}000.

Key Concept

Differentiating AWS cost tools for estimation (AWS Pricing Calculator) and budgeting/alerting (AWS Budgets).
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AWS Billing and Cost Management Tools

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