AWS cost-management documentation change
Summary
Added new 'Pricing and cost estimation' capability documentation, updated permissions requirements to include AWS Price List APIs, and expanded example questions
Security assessment
The change adds documentation about required permissions for AWS Price List APIs access but does not indicate any security vulnerability being fixed. The permission update is a standard security documentation practice rather than addressing a specific security incident.
Diff
diff --git a/cost-management/latest/userguide/ce-q-overview.md b/cost-management/latest/userguide/ce-q-overview.md index 4bcd554ff..a00c17dfb 100644 --- a//cost-management/latest/userguide/ce-q-overview.md +++ b//cost-management/latest/userguide/ce-q-overview.md @@ -5 +5 @@ -Cost analysisCost optimizationGetting startedPricing +Cost analysisCost optimizationPricing and cost estimationGetting startedPricing @@ -14,0 +15 @@ Amazon Q Developer provides powerful capabilities to help you understand and opt + * **Pricing and cost estimation** : Understand AWS service pricing and estimate the cost of new workloads. @@ -18 +19,2 @@ Amazon Q Developer provides powerful capabilities to help you understand and opt -Both capabilities use generative AI and large language models (LLMs) to interpret your questions, retrieve relevant cost data, and provide easy-to-understand, conversational responses. With each response, Amazon Q Developer displays the specific API parameters that were used, so you can understand exactly how Amazon Q Developer retrieved your data, and links to matching views in the AWS Management console. If the response isn’t immediately useful, you can ask follow-up questions to expand on the initial response. The cost analysis capability in Amazon Q Developer uses the context from your current conversation to create follow-up responses. + +These capabilities use generative AI and large language models (LLMs) to interpret your questions, retrieve relevant cost data, and provide easy-to-understand, conversational responses. With each response, Amazon Q Developer displays the specific API parameters that were used, so you can understand exactly how Amazon Q Developer retrieved your data. Where applicable, it also provides links to matching views in the AWS Management console. If the response isn’t immediately useful, you can ask follow-up questions to expand on the initial response. The cost management capabilities in Amazon Q Developer uses the context from your current conversation to create follow-up responses. @@ -94,0 +97,43 @@ The cost optimization capability uses data from the following APIs: +## Pricing and cost estimation + +The pricing and cost estimation capability in Amazon Q Developer works with the AWS Price List APIs. You can ask questions about the prices of AWS services or the estimated cost of new workloads you plan to build on AWS. For example, you can ask a question such as _“How much would it cost to store 200 TB of data in S3 in Dublin?”_ , and receive an answer similar to the following: + +Here’s the cost breakdown for storing 200 TB of data in Amazon S3 in Dublin (eu-west-1 region): + +Storage cost for 200 TB in S3 Dublin: + + * **Monthly cost** : $4,556.80 + + * **Annual cost** : $54,681.60 + + + + +Cost breakdown (S3 Standard storage): + + * **First 50 TB (51,200 GB)** : $0.023 per GB = $1,177.60 + + * **Remaining 150 TB (153,600 GB)** : $0.022 per GB = $3,379.20 + + + + +Important considerations: This pricing covers **storage only** for S3 Standard class. Additional costs may include: + + * Data transfer fees (ingress/egress) + + * API requests (PUT, GET, DELETE operations) + + * Data retrieval charges + + * Cross-region replication (if used) + + * Versioning storage (if enabled) + + + + +The S3 Standard storage class provides immediate access to your data with high durability and availability. If you don't need immediate access to all your data, you could consider other storage classes like S3 Intelligent-Tiering, S3 Standard-IA, or S3 Glacier for potential cost savings. + +The pricing and cost estimation capability uses data from the following AWS Price List APIs: DescribeServices, GetAttributeValues, GetProducts. + @@ -99 +144 @@ The cost optimization capability uses data from the following APIs: - * Ensure you have the appropriate permissions to use Amazon Q Developer, AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Cost Optimization Hub, and AWS Savings Plans and reservation recommendations. For details, see [Security and privacy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/ce-q-security.html). + * Ensure you have the appropriate permissions to use Amazon Q Developer, AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Cost Optimization Hub, AWS Compute Optimizer, AWS Savings Plans and reservation recommendations, and AWS Price List APIs. For details, see [Security and privacy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/ce-q-security.html). @@ -114 +159 @@ The cost optimization capability uses data from the following APIs: - 3. Ask a question about your costs, such as _“What were my costs last month?”_ or _“How can I lower my AWS bill?”_. + 3. Ask a question about your costs, such as _“What were my costs last month?”_ , _“How can I lower my AWS bill?”_ , or _“How much does a c8g.2xlarge instance running Linux cost in us-east-1?”_ @@ -129 +174 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please -Analyzing and optimizing your costs with Amazon Q Developer +Managing your costs with Amazon Q Developer