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Re:Ask HN: Did your AWS bill literally double from last night? by userbinator on Saturday September 21, 2019 @09:43PM (#21039103)
There is something called the "cost explorer" which I can't use yet, because apparently it takes 24 hours to set up (?), and it's not even clear that it will include my historical activity when it's ready...

Cost Explorer itself also charges per use. I'm not kidding:

https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/pricing/

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Re:Ask HN: Did your AWS bill literally double from last night? by brianmathews on Sunday September 22, 2019 @12:25AM (#21039663)
The API charges per use, but not the cost explorer dashboard itself.
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Re:Ask HN: Did your AWS bill literally double from last night? by jmuhlich on Sunday September 22, 2019 @09:52PM (#21045320)
All those dashboards use the APIs underneath. The cost explorer dashboard certainly does incur API calls on my account.
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Re:Ask HN: Did your AWS bill literally double from last night? by brianmathews on Monday September 23, 2019 @11:32PM (#21056243)
no it doesn't
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