Cost Allocation Tags

Introduction

• Can be used to generate detailed costing reports

• Types:

  • AWS Generated Cost Allocation Tags

    • Automatically applied to the resource you create

    • Starts with Prefix: aws: (Ex. aws:createdBy)

    • not applied to resources created before the activation

  • User tags

    • Defined by user

    • Starts with Prefix: user:

  • Cost Allocation Tags just appear in the Billing Console

  • Set up of Cost Allocation Tags take up to 24 hours to show up in the report