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Hello,

I am new to the AWS system, and I have recently run into an issue where I have a completed project that requires payment from a different source (not the card on file for my account). Is it possible to, for example, isolate a project so that I can pay for its expenses with one method while still retaining the ability to experiment with other systems? Or do I need to start over with a completely different account if I want to work on other projects without incurring unrelated charges to the payment covering the previously mentioned completed project?

Thank you, Claire

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Cloud Financial Management
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AWS Billing
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asked a year ago214 views
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Hi Claire,

Of course you can, this is AWS after all...you can do anything! Even fly! Jokes aside.

  1. You can tag resources associated with each project and then use those tags to track and allocate costs separately. This way, you can see the expenses for each project clearly.

  2. You can use AWS Budgets for each project. You can create alerts to notify you when spending approaches a predefined limit.

  3. If the project requires separate billing entirely, you could consider using AWS Organizations to create separate accounts for each project under a single organization. Each account can have its own payment method while still being manage centrally.

AWS Support can help guide you through setup.

answered a year ago
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reviewed a year ago
  • claireaw
    a year ago

    Hello,

    Thank you for your answer, it seems like option 3 is the only path close to what I'm looking for. I assume I'll have to make a new account solely to manage an RDS? I just want to make sure before I commit to a migration. For clarity's sake, I have an RDS instance that needs to be billed to a different card than my other AWS usages.

    Thank you, Claire

  • Osvaldo Marte EXPERT
    a year ago

    Hi Claire,

    Yes, if you want to have the RDS instance billed to a different payment method than the rest of your AWS services, creating a new AWS account specifically for that RDS instance is a common approach. This way, you can associate the new account with a different payment method and ensure that the charges are separated from your main account.

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