Chapter 26 · AWS Billing And Cost Management
Subchapter 26.11
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Price List API service codes differ from Cost Explorer service names. Use these exact codes.
| Service | Price List Code | Cost Explorer Name |
|---|---|---|
| EC2 | AmazonEC2 | Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud - Compute |
| Lambda | AWSLambda | AWS Lambda |
| S3 | AmazonS3 | Amazon Simple Storage Service |
| RDS | AmazonRDS | Amazon Relational Database Service |
| DynamoDB | AmazonDynamoDB | Amazon DynamoDB |
| ElastiCache | AmazonElastiCache | Amazon ElastiCache |
| Redshift | AmazonRedshift | Amazon Redshift |
| ECS | AmazonECS | Amazon Elastic Container Service |
| CloudFront | AmazonCloudFront | Amazon CloudFront |
| Bedrock | AmazonBedrock | Amazon Bedrock |
productFamily: "Compute Instance"termType: "Reserved", check LeaseContractLength, OfferingClass, PurchaseOptionFilter storage: productFamily: "Storage". Use volumeType (NOT storageClass):
| Storage Class | volumeType Value |
|---|---|
| Standard | "Standard" |
| Infrequent Access | "Standard - Infrequent Access" |
| One Zone IA | "One Zone - Infrequent Access" |
| Glacier Instant Retrieval | "Glacier Instant Retrieval" |
| Glacier Flexible | "Amazon Glacier" |
| Glacier Deep Archive | "Glacier Deep Archive" |
| Intelligent-Tiering | "Intelligent-Tiering" |
Intelligent-Tiering has 5 sub-tiers with distinct volumeType values: "Intelligent-Tiering Frequent Access", "Intelligent-Tiering Infrequent Access", "Intelligent-Tiering Archive Instant Access", "IntelligentTieringArchiveAccess", "IntelligentTieringDeepArchiveAccess". For complete IT cost analysis, also query monitoring fee (feeCode: "S3-Monitoring and Automation-ObjectCount") and transition costs (operation: "S3-INTTransition").
API requests: productFamily: "API Request", check group for request type (PUT, GET).
databaseEngine: "MySQL", "PostgreSQL", "MariaDB", "Aurora MySQL", "Aurora PostgreSQL", "SQL Server", "Oracle", "Db2"deploymentOption: "Single-AZ", "Multi-AZ", "Multi-AZ (readable standbys)"databaseEdition: for Oracle/SQL Server — "Standard", "Enterprise", "Express", "Web"licenseModel: important for Oracle and SQL ServerproductFamily: "Database Instance". Storage: "Database Storage". Aurora Serverless: "Serverless" or "ServerlessV2"us-east-1 and ap-south-1 — always specify --region us-east-1beginRange and endRange in priceDimensions# List available service codes
aws pricing describe-services --region us-east-1
# Get attribute values for a service
aws pricing get-attribute-values \
--service-code AmazonEC2 --attribute-name instanceType --region us-east-1
# Get pricing for specific product
aws pricing get-products \
--service-code AmazonEC2 --region us-east-1 \
--filters Type=TERM_MATCH,Field=instanceType,Value=m5.xlarge \
Type=TERM_MATCH,Field=location,Value="US East (N. Virginia)" \
Type=TERM_MATCH,Field=operatingSystem,Value=Linux \
Type=TERM_MATCH,Field=tenancy,Value=Shared \
Type=TERM_MATCH,Field=preInstalledSw,Value=NA \
Type=TERM_MATCH,Field=capacitystatus,Value=Used