AWS Cost ALlocation Tags

• With tags we can track resources which relate to each other
• With cost allocation tags we can enable detailed costing reports
• Cost allocation tags are just like default tags, but they show up as columns in reports
• There are 2 types of cost allocation tags:
  • AWS generated tags:
    • Automatically applied to the resources we create
    • They start with the prefix aws (example: aws:createdBy)
    • They are not applied to resources created before activation
  • User tags:
    • Defined by the user
    • They start with the prefix user
• Cost allocation tags appear only in the Billing Console
• It can take 24 hours to show up in the billing reports