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Overview
The Cloud Cost overlay helps you visualize resource-level costs and identify savings opportunities within your AWS architecture diagrams. This overlay provides two views: Cost and Recommendations.
Cost view
The Cost view shows resource-level cloud costs from the past 30 days, allowing you to understand spending patterns across your architecture.
Filter by cost
Use the slider filter at the bottom of the screen to set a cost range. The diagram updates dynamically to highlight resources within your selected range.
You can also filter by region to focus on specific parts of your infrastructure.
Resource details
Click a resource to open the side panel, which displays:
- Cost breakdown for the last 30 days
- Tag information associated with the resource
- Top Cost Changes section (when applicable) highlighting significant cost fluctuations
Note: The time range defaults to the last 30 days and is not configurable.
Recommendations view
The Recommendations view shows savings opportunities directly on resources with estimated monthly savings (for example, terminate unused RDS instances, migrate storage classes).
Use the filter at the bottom of the screen to narrow recommendations by:
- Potential monthly savings range
- Recommendation type: Terminate, Migrate, Downsize, or Purchase
Resource details
Clicking a resource opens a detailed side panel with:
- Current and projected monthly costs
- A description of recommended changes
- Quick actions to create a Jira issue or support case
- Metrics and usage patterns explaining the recommendation
This enables faster, in-context cost optimization without switching views.
Further reading
Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:
