A company operates 8 separate AWS accounts for different departments. They want to receive one consolidated monthly bill and benefit from combined usage discounts across all accounts for services like S3 and data transfer. Which AWS feature provides this?
Trap 1: AWS Cost Explorer across all accounts
Cost Explorer can aggregate spending data across accounts in an organisation but it is a reporting tool, not a billing feature that generates a single invoice or enables volume discounts.
Trap 2: AWS Budgets across all accounts
Budgets can set spending alerts across accounts but does not consolidate billing or unlock volume discounts by combining usage.
Trap 3: AWS Support Plan upgrade to Enterprise tier
Upgrading the Support Plan provides access to a TAM and enhanced support but does not consolidate billing or combine volume discounts across accounts.
- A
AWS Cost Explorer across all accounts
Why wrong: Cost Explorer can aggregate spending data across accounts in an organisation but it is a reporting tool, not a billing feature that generates a single invoice or enables volume discounts.
- B
AWS Organizations with consolidated billing
Consolidated billing in AWS Organizations combines usage from all member accounts into a single payer account. This aggregates usage for volume pricing tiers and produces one monthly invoice for all accounts.
- C
AWS Budgets across all accounts
Why wrong: Budgets can set spending alerts across accounts but does not consolidate billing or unlock volume discounts by combining usage.
- D
AWS Support Plan upgrade to Enterprise tier
Why wrong: Upgrading the Support Plan provides access to a TAM and enhanced support but does not consolidate billing or combine volume discounts across accounts.