How to calculate AWS server costs?

[Shashidhar.Yedulla]

Hi,

This is Shashi, I am looking for a solution about how to calculate AWS server costs.

I am running 70 AWS servers in different environments, we have a scheduler to stop and start the servers periodically. For curiosity, I would like to know how much I am spending in each environment and how much I am saving using the scheduler.  Ss there any procedure to display all these servers' availability and cost calculators in a single dashboard?

^ Edited by @Ryan.Paredez for formatting.

[Brian.Wheeldon]

Hi Sashi,

The best fit is to use the "AWS Billing Monitoring Extension" to collect the billing metrics from AWS Cloudwatch. Once these metrics are in the Controller, you can create a custom dashboard that combines server availability and cost on a single screen. You can also configure Health Rules to alert you if the usage is higher (or lower) than you expect.

Attaching a screenshot showing AWS Billing and other Cloudwatch metrics on a custom dashboard.

Regards,