SAA-C03 Q142 · Cost

Question

A company wants to optimize costs for its AWS infrastructure. The company wants to receive notifications when actual costs or forecasted costs exceed a specified budget. The company does not want to develop a custom solution. Which solution will meet these requirements?

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**Option D** satisfies every requirement with native AWS services and zero custom development:

1. **"Receive notifications when actual or forecasted costs exceed a budget"** → AWS Budgets natively supports both **actual cost alerts** and **forecasted cost alerts**. You set a budget threshold and configure alert conditions for when actual spending exceeds X% or when forecasted spending is projected to exceed the budget.

2. **"Does not want to develop a custom solution"** → AWS Budgets has **built-in SNS notification support**. No Lambda functions, no custom code needed. You simply configure an SNS topic as the alert target directly within the Budgets console.

3. **"Optimize costs / monitor costs"** → AWS Cost Explorer provides visualization and analysis of spending trends, cost breakdown

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