Cost Optimization

AWS

Click on Cost Optimization -> AWS in the navigation bar to enter the page, as shown below:

Account Filter

Click on the Account Filter Box to view the optimization costs for one or multiple accounts, as shown below:

Date Filter

You can query the cost optimization status for any date, as shown below:

Export Optimization Check Items to Excel

Click the Export Table icon in the upper right corner to export all optimization check item data to Excel, as shown below:

Check Item Filter

As shown below:

Refresh

As shown below:

AWS CLI

Expand the item to be checked -> Select the item -> Click the AWS CLI button, as shown below:

After clicking the AWS CLI button, as shown below:

Copy

Click the Copy button below to copy the CLI, as shown below:

Exclude Items

Expand the item to be checked -> Select the item -> Click the Exclude & Refresh button, as shown below:

To view excluded items, click the Included Item sbutton -> Click the Excluded Items button, as shown below:

After clicking the Excluded Items button successfully, you can view the excluded items, as shown below:

Restore Items

Following the same steps as above, select the items to be restored -> Click the Restore & Refresh button to restore successfully, as shown below:

AWS Purchase Suggestions

Click on Cost Optimization -> AWS Purchase Suggestions in the navigation bar to enter the page, as shown below:

Account Filter

Click on the Account Filter Box to view the assets of one or multiple accounts, as shown below:

Date Filtering

You can query the asset status for any date, as shown below:

Export Purchase Suggestions to Excel

Click the Export Table icon to export all purchase suggestion data to Excel, as shown below:

AWS Saving Plan

Access the management console by navigating to Cost Optimization → AWS Savings Plans` in the left sidebar, as shown below:

Checklist

Click the Checklist button to view the usage status of all Savings Plans under the current account, as shown below:

Account Filter

Click the Account filter box ,Select the AWS account to be analyzed, and the system will refresh the corresponding Savings Plans in real time, as shown below:

Analyzer

Click the Analyzer button to navigate to the analyzer page, as shown below:

Account Filter

Use the Account Filter dropdown to select AWS accounts for analysis, as shown below:

Compute Savings Plans

Click Compute Savings Plans, select Analysis Level-> Payment Option->Commitment, and the system will automatically calculate Commitment, as shown below:

EC2 Instance Savings Plan

Click EC2 Instance Savings Plan button and switch to the EC2 Instance Savings Plan type, as shown below:

Associated account Filter

Click Link Account box to filter related accounts, as shown below:

Lookback Period

You can choose a time range of up to 60 days,as shown below:

Instance Family

Dynamically display the supported EC2 instance series of the region based on the selected link account and the actual scope, as shown below:

SageMaker Savings Plans

Click SageMaker Savings Plans to switch to the type of service that works for SageMaker, as shown below:

Term

Displayed when the user selects the Compute Savings Plans type One or three years are optional(Only Compute Savings Plans are visible), as shown below:

When the EC2 Instance Savings Plan type is selected, all AWS regions are displayed(Applicable to EC2 Instance Savings Plan only), as shown below:

Exclude Expiring Savings Plans

Check exclude plans that expire within 90 days

Analysis

Click the Run Analysis button and wait for the analysis to finish, as shown below:

Delete

Select the corresponding checkbox and click the Delete button to delete the corresponding analysis item,as shown below:

View

Move the slider to the far right to see the View button,as shown below:

When the Status is Completed, click the View button and the analysis results will appear below,as shown below:

When the Status is Analyzing , click the View button and the analysis results will appear below,as shown below:

When the Status is Analyzing, clicking the View button will reanalyze,as shown below:

Analysis Results Display

Cost optimization demonstration

Click the Cost Optimization button to view the current cost and optimized cost analysis results, as shown below:

Coverage

Click the Coverage button, the system will automatically calculate the coverage rate of seving plan, as shown below:

Utilization

AWS Traffic Analyzer

Access the management console by selecting Cost Optimization -> AWS Traffic Analyzer from the left navigation bar, as shown below:

Region Filter

Click the Global/China button to switch between domestic and international View traffic usage details, as shown below:

Account Filter

Click on the Account Filter Box to see traffic usage for one or more accounts, as shown below:

Traffic type filtering

Click the Traffic type selector to select different traffic types, as shown below:

AWS Traffic types explained

Service	Traffic Type	Description	Typical Use Case
EC2	Data Transfer - Inter AZ	Data transfer between EC2 instances across Availability Zones (bidirectional)	High-availability architectures
	Data Transfer - Region to Region (In)	Inbound data from another AWS Region to EC2	Cross-region data processing
	Data Transfer - Region to Region (Out)	Outbound data from EC2 to another AWS Region	Data replication/backup
	Data Transfer - Internet (Out)	Outbound data from EC2 to public internet	User access/API responses
	NAT Gateway - Data Processed	All traffic processed by NAT Gateway	Private subnet internet access
	ELB - LCU Running Hours	Load Balancer Capacity Unit usage	Application load balancing
	Data Transfer - CloudFront (Out)	Data from EC2 to CloudFront edge nodes	Dynamic content acceleration
S3	Data Transfer - Region to Region (Out)	Outbound data from S3 to another Region	Cross-region replication
	Data Transfer - Internet (Out)	Outbound data from S3 to public internet	File downloads
RDS	Data Transfer - Region to Region - Out	Outbound data from RDS to another Region	Read replica synchronization

Date range selection

You can query data usage fees and usage for any time period, up to one year, as shown below:

Granularity

Click on the Granularity filter box to display data usage at different times, as shown below:

Cost Usage Category

Click the Cost Usage Category filter box, to select the cost category you want to display,as shown below:

Cost Usage Category explained

Cost Type	Description	When to Use
Unblended Cost	The raw cost of AWS services at the end of the billing period, before applying any discounts, reservations, or Savings Plans.	Best for analyzing actual usage costs before any optimizations.
Amortized Cost	The cost of Reserved Instances (RIs) or Savings Plans spread evenly over their term (e.g., monthly for a 1-year RI).	Useful for tracking long-term commitments and budget forecasting.
Blended Cost	The average cost combining On-Demand and Reserved Instance pricing. Shows the "effective" rate across all usage.	Used in enterprise billing to see overall cost efficiency.
Net Unblended Cost	Unblended cost after applying discounts (e.g., volume discounts, AWS Enterprise Discount Program).	Reflects the actual payable amount after negotiated discounts.
Net Amortized Cost	Amortized cost after applying discounts (e.g., RI discounts + additional savings).	Best for long-term cost optimization analysis.

Lookup Usage type

Enter the type you are looking for in the search box to display the traffic usage details for that model,as shown below:

Cost and usage are displayed

Click Cost/Usage to toggle the cost or usage details,as shown below:

Cost display

Click the Show Top Cost button to display the top cost ranking,as shown below:

Azure

Tip`

Optimizing the assets of Azure cloud accounts aims to reduce costs while maintaining or improving efficiency.

Click on Cost Optimization -> Azure in the navigation bar to enter the page, as shown below: