AWS Budgets with Tags

Automatically tag AWS resources to enable tag-based budget tracking and alerts for cost management.

Overview

AWS Budgets can filter costs by resource tags to create granular budgets and alerts for specific departments, projects, teams, or environments. TagOps can automatically apply cost allocation tags to your resources, ensuring they are consistently included in tag-based budget configurations.

What TagOps Can Do

TagOps can automatically tag AWS resources with the tags required for tag-based budget tracking:

  • Automatic Tagging: TagOps rules automatically apply cost allocation tags like Department, Project, Team, CostCenter, or Environment to resources when they are created or discovered
  • Tag-Based Budget Filters: TagOps ensures resources are consistently tagged, enabling AWS Budgets to filter costs by tag values and create budgets for specific departments, projects, or teams
  • Multi-Dimensional Budgeting: Tag resources with multiple tags (e.g., Department and Project) to enable granular budget tracking across different dimensions
  • Environment-Based Budgets: Use different tag values for different environments to enable separate budget tracking (e.g., Environment: Production, Environment: Development)
  • Consistent Coverage: Ensure all resources have the required tags for budget tracking, preventing gaps in cost monitoring
  • Automated Budget Alerts: Tag resources consistently so budget alerts can be configured to trigger when costs exceed thresholds for specific tag values

Example TagOps Rule

Create a TagOps rule to automatically tag resources for budget tracking:

  • Condition: Resource type is ec2:instance and tag Environment equals Production
  • Action: Add tags Department: Engineering, Project: WebApp, CostCenter: 10001

TagOps will automatically apply these tags to resources, which AWS Budgets can then use to filter costs and create budgets with tag-based filters. You can set up budget alerts that trigger when costs for resources with specific tag values exceed your defined thresholds.

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