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How AWS turns usage into a bill, how to read the Cost and Usage Report, and which commitments, budgets and clean-ups lower it. The articles on AWS costs, newest first.
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Analysis 9 min readSovereign cloud costs in Germany: questions, not rankings
Seven cost criteria, each with a way to verify it, for AWS, Microsoft, Google and European offerings, without a ranking.
Guides 13 min readCloud costs in euros: exchange rates and FX policy
An FX policy for euro reporting: choose an ECB or budget rate, read what AWS, Azure and Google Cloud exports show, and separate exchange effects from usage.
Guides 8 min readCloud carbon and CSRD: what AWS, Azure and Google provide
What AWS, Azure and Google Cloud emissions data covers, where it sits in ESRS E1 and which gaps remain. CSRD scope after the 2026 Omnibus.
Guides 10 min readAWS data transfer costs explained: CUR, NAT and flow logs
Map egress, cross-AZ, inter-Region and NAT charges in CUR 2.0: usage types, Frankfurt list prices, a SQL query, flow logs and fixes.
Guides 11 min readBudget, forecast or anomaly alert: which control to use
AWS, Azure and Google Cloud compared: latency, thresholds and recipients for budget, forecast and anomaly alerts, with a decision table.
Guides 9 min readAzure OpenAI and Bedrock charges: meters, usage types, tags
Read Azure OpenAI meters and Bedrock usage types, spot PTU and model-unit charges, and prepare allocation with resources, profiles and tags.
Guides 10 min readInvestigate a cloud cost increase in AWS and Azure
Rule out data artefacts, narrow the increase to a resource, separate volume from rate and prove the cause: a diagnostic sequence with worked SQL.
Guides 10 min readPay AWS in euros: billing currency, FX rate, reporting
Switch AWS to euro billing, see how Azure and Google Cloud fix the billing currency by agreement, and which rate and payment method the invoice uses.
Guides 10 min readAWS and Azure invoices: reverse charge or local VAT?
Which entity bills you, when reverse charge applies, where to enter your VAT number, and an invoice check for AWS and Azure in the EU and UK.
Guides 9 min readAWS CUR 2.0 or FOCUS 1.2: choose the right cost export
When CUR 2.0 is right for AWS detail, when FOCUS 1.2 provides the better shared cost model, and when running both is justified.
Analysis 9 min readAWS European Sovereign Cloud: the cost questions before a migration
Before moving workloads to the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, settle what a second organisation with its own payer, commitments and billing will cost.
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