Cost allocation
7 posts
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Amazon Bedrock cost per team (2026)
Bedrock does not split by team by default. IAM principal cost allocation and application inference profiles: what each answers, and why CloudWatch cannot.
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AWS Cost Categories: split charge limits (2026)
Cost categories apply retroactively to the start of the month. Split charge results never reach the CUR or Cost Explorer.
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Does consolidated billing save money? (2026)
AWS's worked example puts consolidated billing's volume tiering at about 4%. Commitment sharing is worth far more than that.
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Why cost allocation tags show up empty (2026)
Tagging a resource is not activating cost allocation tags. The two 24-hour delays, what a backfill can recover, and the CUR 2.0 key change.
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Savings Plans: coverage vs utilization (2026)
Savings Plans coverage and utilization move in opposite directions. What each low value means, and the documented order AWS applies discounts in.
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AWS tag policies do not require tags (2026)
A tag policy never blocks an untagged resource. Enforcement mode covers 343 of 1,493 resource types, and the tag still has to be activated to reach your bill.
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Amortized vs unblended cost in AWS (2026)
Five CUR cost columns, one right answer per question. When to use amortized, when unblended, and why blended cost is never the answer.