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Re:AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data - $1.7 BILLION by whatever1 on Friday July 17, 2026 @11:45AM (#48948751)
Is it even possible to audit the cloud pricing? They just give us a number and we pay.
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Re:AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data - $1.7 BILLION by sokoloff on Friday July 17, 2026 @11:55AM (#48948857)
On AWS, you can enable CUR (cost and usage reporting) and get detailed, line-item billing figures that you can audit.

And naturally, companies like Cloudability [now Apptio] and others have sprung up to do parts of this for you [at a fee, of course...]

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cur/latest/userguide/what-is-cur...

I'm sure other cloud vendors have similar functionality (because they need this on the back end to do their own billing anyway).

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