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# Monitor your AWS billing details

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To find out if this integration is available in your organization, see your [Datadog Integrations](https://app.datadoghq.com/integrations) page or ask your organization administrator.

To initiate an exception request to enable this integration for your organization, email [support@ddog-gov.com](mailto:support@ddog-gov.com).
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Billing metrics can be collected from AWS with the Datadog-AWS Billing integration. See the [Amazon Billing](https://app.datadoghq.com/integrations/amazon-billing) integration in Datadog for more information.

To begin collecting billing metrics:

1. Ensure that `Billing` is enabled under the `Metric Collection` tab on the [AWS configuration page](https://app.datadoghq.com/integrations/amazon-web-services), and include the permission `budgets:ViewBudget` in your Datadog AWS policy.

1. [Enable billing](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/monitor_estimated_charges_with_cloudwatch.html#turning_on_billing_metrics) metrics within the AWS console.

The following metrics are available using the Datadog-AWS Billing integration:

| Name                            | Units   | Description                                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `aws.billing.actual_spend`      | dollars | The actual spending costs for your budget period                                                                                                   |
| `aws.billing.budget_limit`      | dollars | The spending limit for your budget period                                                                                                          |
| `aws.billing.estimated_charges` | dollars | The estimated charges for your AWS usage. This can either be estimated charges for one service or a roll-up of estimated charges for all services. |
| `aws.billing.forecasted_spend`  | dollars | The forecasted spending costs for your budget period                                                                                               |

For more robust cost monitoring across a number of cloud services in addition to AWS, Datadog supports 3rd-party integration with [CloudHealth](https://docs.datadoghq.com/integrations/cloudhealth.md). [This blog post](https://www.datadoghq.com/blog/monitor-cloudhealth-assets-datadog) has a more in-depth look at how [CloudHealth](https://docs.datadoghq.com/integrations/cloudhealth.md) integrates with Datadog to enable visibility of cost across your hosted infrastructure.