AWS Budget is an effective way to track and monitor your AWS expenses. AWS Budget provides different templates where we can customize our budget, or we can create a budget using the templates provided. This article provides a demonstration of how to create a Zero-spend budget with an AWS Budget.

How to Create a Zero-Spend Budget with AWS Budget?

AWS Budget can also be created for the free-tier version of AWS. This type of budget will alert and notify the user whenever any resources or services incur any charge. Zero-spend budget is the best budget template for beginners to monitor their AWS expenses.

Let us explore some steps in which we can utilize a Zero-spend budget with AWS Budget:

Step 1: AWS Budget Dashboard

To create a Zero-spend budget, go to “AWS Budget Dashboard” and click on the “Create budget” button:

Step 2: Budget Setup

In the Budget setup section, select the “Use a template (simplified)” option:

Step 3: Click the “Zero-spend budget” Option

In the “Templates” section, click the “Zero-spend budget” option as it is for the Free-tier version:

Step 4: Provide Details

Provide the name for your budget and then provide the email address in the highlighted fields. This email address will receive a notification whenever the user is about to exceed the limit:

Step 5: Create a Budget

The rest of the settings will remain unchanged and then click on the “Create budget” button:

How to Create an AWS Budget Report?

We can also receive weekly, monthly, or daily reports by using AWS Budget. Here are some steps for this functionality:

Step 1: AWS Budget

On the AWS Budget Dashboard, select the budget name and click on the “Actions” tab:

Step 2: Create a Budget Report

From the Actions tab, click on the “Create budget report” button:

Step 3: Budget Report Name

Provide the name of the Budget report in the following highlighted field:

Step 4: Delivery Settings

In the “Delivery settings” section, provide the frequency i.e., Daily, Weekly, or Monthly Report that you want to receive on the Email address provided in the “Email recipients” field:

After that, click on the “Create budget report” button:

Here, your budget report has been successfully created.

That is all from this guide.

Conclusion

To implement the Zero-spend budget, select the Zero-spend budget template option, provide details for it on the AWS budget console, and hit the “Create budget report” button. Zero-spend budget will prevent AWS from deducting any cost from your credit card and will also alert the users whenever any resource exceeds its free tier limit and will now require a cost deduction for further usage. This article is an extensive step-by-step demonstration for implementing a Zero-spend budget with AWS.