# AWS - Billing

AWS provides numerous ways to predict, view, and manage your costs.

## Cost Estimates

The [AWS Pricing Calculator](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pricing-calculator/latest/userguide/create-configure-estimate.html) is a great way to estimate costs before deploying your infrastructure. If you'd like additional assistance in creating an estimate, please reach out to [rc-help@colorado.edu](mailto:rc-help@colorado.edu).

## Viewing Costs

Costs can be viewed directly in the [AWS Cost Explorer](./viewbilling). You should no longer look at costs in CloudCheckr.

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:caption: View Billing

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## Payment

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By signing up for an AWS account, customers agree to pay for all costs they incur, even if they are unintentional.
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AWS accounts are paid via CU Purchase Order (PO). We will provide guidance on setting this up as part of the new account on-boarding process.

## Budgets

[AWS Budgets](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/budgets-managing-costs.html) can be used to send notifications and take other actions when a defined spend limit is reached.

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:caption: Budget Actions

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