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Invoice explainer

When you purchase AWS services from DoiT, the invoice we send to you often differs from the invoice AWS sends to us on your behalf, due to differences in layout and pricing structure. The Invoice explainer lets you easily compare the monthly AWS billing of your usage and services with and without DoiT.

Key features​

  • Invoice comparison: The Invoice explainer allows you to:

    • Understand and compare your cost as billed by DoiT (DoiT's invoice to you) with what your AWS costs would have been without DoiT (AWS cost without DoiT).

    • Understand what AWS charges DoiT (AWS' invoice to DoiT) for your usage.

  • Detailed breakdown: The Invoice explainer provides a detailed breakdown of your costs for a given invoice. It helps you understand where your costs are coming from and how they are distributed across different resources.

  • Charges by service: See the cost for each service you've used in AWS and reasons for differences between the AWS and DoiT invoices if applicable.

  • Charges by account: See all the AWS service costs for each of your AWS accounts and reasons for differences between the AWS and DoiT invoices if applicable.

Limitations​

  • The Invoice explainer is available only on dedicated payer accounts.

  • The Invoice explainer does not apply if your AWS invoice has manual adjustments after being issued.

  • The Invoice explainer does not provide separate items for AWS Marketplace purchases, even if you get a separate invoice for them. The marketplace charges are included in their corresponding line items, such as credits, usage, or fees.

  • If you use invoice bucketing and Flexsave, Flexsave AWS charges are assigned to your default bucket for AWS.

  • The base currency of an invoice is US dollars (USD). If your billing currency is Japanese yen (JPY), line items in the generated invoices are rounded to the nearest 10 yen, while figures in the Invoice explainer are converted using the same exchange rates but not rounded, which may result in small discrepancies.

Launch the Invoice explainer​

The Invoice explainer focuses on key elements such as usage, Savings Plans, support costs, and discounts.

To launch the Invoice explainer:

  1. Sign in to the DoiT console, select Billing > Invoices from the top navigation mega menu.

  2. Select an AWS invoice to open its details page, and then select Understand your AWS billing to launch the Invoice explainer.

    Launch Invoice explainer

The Invoice explainer has three sections: Summary of your invoice, Charges by service, and Charges by account.

When working with the Invoice explainer, you can expand each row for a detailed breakdown of individual line items, or hover over any item with a dotted underline to see more information.

Summary of your invoice​

The summary page displays a three-column comparison table for a side-by-side view:

  • AWS' invoice to DoiT: The amount AWS charged DoiT for your usage. It contains all discounts DoiT applies to customers' AWS invoices.

  • AWS cost without DoiT: An estimate of what your AWS costs would have been without DoiT services.

  • DoiT's invoice to you: The amount DoiT charged you.

Invoice explainer summary

Below the comparison table, an effective savings summary shows the total amount and percentage you saved, based on the difference between the AWS cost without DoiT and the DoiT's invoice to you, both excluding tax.

Support charges​

AWS bills support against the payer account, while DoiT attaches support charges to the account that has the highest cost eligible for support charges, or the linked account that has been specified to store support billing.

Invoice explainer summary - Support charges

Export invoice summary​

You can export the invoice summary to a Google Sheets file and share it with others.

Select the download icon on the summary page, and then select Export to Google Sheets. If this is your first time exporting the Invoice explainer to Google Sheets, you may be asked to grant DoiT permission to create Google Drive files.

Charges by service​

To understand what services are causing a difference between your AWS and DoiT invoices, select Charges by service.

Invoice explainer - charges per service

The Comparing services page provides the following options:

  • Filter: Search for a specific service. For example, Amazon CloudFront, Elastic Load Balancing.

  • Reasons for difference: Check what services are affected by a specific reason such as Flexsave or Savings Plans. See DoiT and AWS invoice differences for more information.

  • Currency: Convert the charges to a different currency.

Charges by account​

To see in which accounts there's a difference between your AWS and DoiT invoice, select Charges by account. If your organization uses consolidated billing with multiple linked AWS payer accounts, you'll see a per-payer breakdown view.

Invoice explainer - charges per account

The Comparing accounts page provides the following options:

  • Filter: Search for a specific account by name or ID.

  • Reasons for difference: Check what accounts are affected by a specific reason such as Flexsave or Savings Plans. See DoiT and AWS invoice differences for more information.

  • Currency: Convert the charges to a different currency.

See also​

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