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Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.8/5** | 21 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Amazon Web Services - **Location**: Seattle, US - **Founded**: 2006 ## Commercial Context - **Target Audience**: 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - Access Controls/Permissions - Capacity Analytics - Performance Analysis - Reporting & Statistics ## Support Options - Chat ## Category - [Cloud Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30852/cloud-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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My experience has been great\! ----- ### "Good for Cost Tracking, but Needs UI Improvements" — 4.0/5 > **Yashshvi** | *October 21, 2025* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: • Provides good value for money since it's part of AWS and evades extra licensing costs. • It becomes second nature to use after you are familiar with the user interface; filtering and grouping are powerful. • Strong data management with detailed breakup on service, tags, or accounts. • Cloud integrations with other AWS services such as Budgets and CloudWatch enable better monitoring of costs. > > **Cons**: • The experience with customer support is sluggish in relation to the swiftness of matters concerning expenditure. • The user interface is occasionally bug-prone and glitchy when importing big datasets while exporting from report sheets. • It is not so user-friendly for new customers, and service-level detail occasionally requires specific endeavors. and Reliable and stable within AWS ecosystem, but limited to AWS only > > AWS Cost Explorer is a good tool to track and control cloud spending. It provides good value, seamless integration with AWS tools, and advanced data management features. It is hindered by a high learning curve, occasional glitches, and low support responsiveness. All in all, it's good for cost awareness but can be improved in usability and support. ----- ### "Using AWS Cost Explorer is a no-brainer." — 5.0/5 > **Wes** | *October 28, 2025* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: AWS Cost Explorer allows me to minimize how much I pay for AWS. It's reports make it clear what pricing model gives me the most value. > > **Cons**: Steep learning curve for complex report, Difficult to do real time data analysis as there's a lag in data propagation. > > My overall experience has been very positive. AWS CE has been extremely effective at allowing me to lower my net AWS bill. ----- ### "Essential for cost management" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *December 3, 2025* | Graphic Design Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Once it's setup you can get very granular detail on all of your AWS spending and it's the only place you can actually see all of your resources\! You can also link it with AWS Athena to query the data. > > **Cons**: I don't understand why it's not enabled by default, it seems like something that everyone using AWS would want to have setup ----- ### "Useful within the AWS ecosystem" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *December 17, 2025* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Very useful to discover how you spend money on AWS and helpful to setup alerts to help you understand if something is going wrong. > > **Cons**: It could go much more in details to let you understand precisely where your money are spent (which machine, which network, etc) ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ca/software/1021042/aws-cost-explorer?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.ca/software/1021042/aws-cost-explorer) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | ja | | ----- ## Structured Data