My bill went from $3 USD to $30 USD how do I find and turn off the services that increased my bill?

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My bill went from $3 USD to $30 USD how do I find and turn off the services that increased my monthly bill?

Through a course I just blindly followed and created stuff in **Amazon Lambda Functions** and **Elastic Beanstalk** also I might have activated some **Amazon log** module that costs money. How do I check if any of those services are still running? And how do I find them and disable them?

![Enter image description here](/media/postImages/original/IMJZZeFXP3S2uawX8IZFQpmQ)

Riku_Kobayashi · Accepted Answer

Hello.

Based on my review of the image, I can see that EC2 charges of nearly $15 have been incurred.  
Since you used Elastic Beanstalk, it's likely that EC2 instances and an ALB were created.  
I believe that if you delete the Elastic Beanstalk environment, the charges for EC2 and other resources will stop.   
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/GettingStarted.Cleanup.html

You can also check which region your EC2 instance is running in from the following URL.  
Use this information to identify which region your Elastic Beanstalk environment is in and try deleting the environment.  
https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/ec2globalview/home?region=us-east-1#

I don't think it's a problem with Lambda because you won't be charged unless the resource is executed, even if it has resources.

Daniel Sim-Xien · Answer

Hi there,

First off, its great you're getting a start at AWS, billing can sometimes be a tricky thing to pinpoint. For Lambda functions and Elastic Beanstalk applications, you usually can check their status in their respective consoles and delete or stop any unused resources.

A tip for pinpoint billing spikes: While the cost explorer method you posted may be sufficient at determining the root cause, I do recommend using the checking the AWS Billing view. You can access this by logging into your AWS account, navigating to the Billing console, and selecting "Bills" from the left-hand menu. This view provides a detailed breakdown of your costs by service, allowing you to pinpoint which services are contributing to the higher charges.

![Bills Tab](/media/postImages/original/IMvrU8nTdTTSC21_qD2fSrng)

A lot of time the billing views will list the type of the resources being charged (ie the EC2 instance types), which can allow easier pinpointing of the resources you need to remove without fiddling with the filters under cost explorer. In the long term, you can detect unusual spend with AWS Cost Anomaly Detection as well.

Sources:
AWS Billing view (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/billing-view.html) 
AWS Cost Anomaly Detection (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/manage-ad.html)

My bill went from $3 USD to $30 USD how do I find and turn off the services that increased my bill?

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