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Flexsave invoicing

The Flexsave pricing model varies with account type. This page explains the different line items on your monthly invoices.

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A general description of Invoice line items

Tip

If you've set up invoice bucketing, you'll see the line item Flexsave Savings / DoiT Flexsave Savings on the relevant bucket invoices. See Flexsave savings in buckets for examples.

Consolidated resold account

On your monthly AWS invoices:

  • The Amazon Web Services / Account #account_ID line items are the cost of each account without Flexsave (see also Additional accounts).

  • The Flexsave Saving / DoiT Flexsave Savings line item always has a negative quantity (Units) -1, which means the corresponding PPU amount is deducted from your total cost.

Example:

FS AWS Consolidated resold Invoice

In Cloud Analytics reports, the Flexsave Savings line item is found under the Cost Type Flexsave (you can also find it using Credit Flexsave for AWS).

Flexsave AWS Consolidated resold report

Dedicated resold account

On your monthly AWS invoices:

  • The Amazon Web Services / Account #account_ID line items are the cost of each account without Flexsave (see also Additional accounts).

  • The Flexsave / Customer incurred costs on Flexsave accounts line item covers the cost generated by your AWS configurations (e.g., Amazon GuardDuty) on DoiT Flexsave accounts.

  • The Flexsave / DoiT Flexsave Compute Savings / DoiT Flexsave SageMaker Savings / DoiT Flexsave RDS Savings line item always has a negative quantity (Units) -1, which means the corresponding PPU amount is deducted from your total cost.

  • The Flexsave / AWS Credits for eligible Flexsave charges line item is the applied AWS credits for 3-Year Savings Plans No Upfront Recurring Fee, when available. This line item always has a negative quantity (Units) -1, which means the corresponding PPU amount is deducted from your total cost.

Invoices issued before January 2023 contain a Flexsave / Flexsave Management Costs line item that covers the cost of DoiT Flexsave accounts, generated by DoiT (e.g., using AWS Cost Explorer APIs to query the utilization data) and your organization. This line item is now obsolete.

Example (without AWS Credits for eligible Flexsave charges):

FS AWS dedicated resold invoice

In Cloud Analytics reports, the savings generated by Flexsave is found under the Cost Type FlexsaveNegations (you can also find it using Savings Type Flexsave for savings metric).

FS AWS dedicated resold report

You can further break down the savings by Service, SKU, or other dimensions.

FS AWS SaaS Invoice

Flexsave cost types

These are the cost types in Cloud Analytics reports that are specific to Flexsave:

Cost TypeDescriptionAccount Type
FlexsaveThe savings generated by Flexsave. The savings are converted to credits and deducted from your monthly invoice.Consolidated resold
FlexsaveCoveredUsageThe on-demand cost of workloads covered by Flexsave.
The FlexsaveCoveredUsage line items are offset by the corresponding FlexsaveNegations items.
Dedicated resold
FlexsaveNegationsThe savings generated by Flexsave. Appears as DoiT Flexsave Savings on your monthly invoices; the amount is deducted from the total cost.Dedicated resold
FlexsaveRecurringFeeAlways 0.Dedicated resold

If you're on a dedicated resold account, you can run the preset report Flexsave Compute or use Service, SKU, or other dimensions for a detailed breakdown.

Flexsave AWS dedicated resold reports