AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)Billing, Pricing, and SupportHard
A solutions architect uses AWS Pricing Calculator to build an estimate for a proposed workload involving EC2, RDS, and S3 before migration. Which limitation should the architect keep in mind about the estimate produced by the Pricing Calculator?
- AIt can only estimate costs for a single AWS Region at a time
- BIt provides an approximate cost estimate that excludes support plan fees and taxes unless manually added
- CIt requires an active AWS account and applies charges immediately upon saving
- DIt automatically applies the company's negotiated Enterprise Discount Program rates
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: B. It provides an approximate cost estimate that excludes support plan fees and taxes unless manually added
AWS Pricing Calculator produces estimates based on standard published pricing for selected services and configurations, but it does not automatically include support plan costs, taxes, or custom negotiated discounts — these must be factored in separately.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. The calculator supports multi-region estimates within a single project group.
- C. Pricing Calculator does not require an AWS account and never generates real charges; it's a planning tool only.
- D. Negotiated Enterprise Discount Program rates are not automatically reflected; standard public pricing is used.
AWS Pricing Calculator
A free web-based tool for building cost estimates for AWS solutions before deployment, using standard published pricing.
- No AWS account required to use it.
- Estimates exclude support plan fees and taxes unless manually added.
- Supports exporting estimates and grouping services by use case or region.
Memory trick: Calculator gives a sketch, not the final signed invoice.