Flexsave invoicing
The Flexsave pricing model varies with your account type. This page explains the different line items on monthly invoices issued by DoiT.
A general description of Invoice line items
If you've set up invoice bucketing, you'll see relevant Flexsave line items on the bucket invoices when there are savings on the member assets. See Flexsave savings in buckets for examples.
Consolidated resold account
Invoice line items
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Amazon Web Services / Account #
account_ID: The cost of each account without Flexsave (see also Additional accounts). -
Flexsave Saving / DoiT Flexsave Savings: Savings generated by Flexsave. This line item always has a negative quantity (Units)
-1, which means the corresponding PPU amount is deducted from your total cost.
Example:
Flexsave savings
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).
Dedicated resold account
Invoice line items
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Amazon Web Services / Account #
account_ID: The cost of each account without Flexsave (see also Additional accounts). -
Flexsave / Customer incurred costs on Flexsave accounts: The cost generated by your AWS configurations (e.g., Amazon GuardDuty) on DoiT Flexsave accounts.
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Flexsave / Flexsave RDS Charges: The recurring fee for Reserved Instances attached to your organization by Flexsave. This item has a positive value if the RI utilization is above 50%, and a negative value if the utilization is below 50%.
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Flexsave / DoiT Flexsave Compute Savings / DoiT Flexsave SageMaker Savings / DoiT Flexsave RDS Savings: Savings generated by Flexsave. These line items always have a negative quantity (Units)
-1, which means the corresponding PPU amount is deducted from your total cost. -
Flexsave / AWS Credits for eligible Flexsave charges: 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.
Example (without AWS Credits for eligible Flexsave charges):
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.
Flexsave Compute and SageMaker Savings
In Cloud Analytics reports, if you choose the Cost metric, savings generated by Flexsave for Compute and Flexsave for SageMaker are found under the Cost Type FlexsaveNegation. You can further break down the savings by Service, SKU, or other dimensions.
If you choose the Savings metric, Flexsave Compute savings and Flexsave SageMaker savings are found under the Savings Type Flexsave.
Flexsave RDS Savings
To view savings generated by Flexsave for RDS, choose the Savings metric and group by Service. The savings generated by Flexsave RDS is found under the Cost Type FlexsaveManagementFee.
Flexsave cost types
The table below lists Flexsave specific cost types in Cloud Analytics reports for the Cost metric:
Category | Cost Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Flexsave SP | FlexsaveCoveredUsage | The on-demand cost of Compute and SageMaker covered by Flexsave. The FlexsaveCoveredUsage line items are offset by the corresponding FlexsaveNegation items. |
| Flexsave SP | FlexsaveNegation | The Compute savings and SageMaker savings generated by Flexsave, corresponding to the DoiT Flexsave Compute Savings and DoiT Flexsave SageMaker Savings invoice line items. |
| Flexsave SP | FlexsaveRecurringFee | Always 0. |
| Flexsave RI | FlexsaveUsage | The rate for DB instances covered by Flexsave. Due to an known issue, savings generated by Flexsave for RDS are currently attached to the cost type FlexsaveManagementFee when the metric is Savings. See Flexsave RDS Savings. |
| Flexsave RI | FlexsaveRIFee | The monthly recurring fee for Reserved Instances attached to your organization by Flexsave. You incur this cost only when the RI utilization is above 50%. In such a case, the fee appears as a positive Flexsave RDS Charges on your monthly invoice. |
| Flexsave RI | FlexsaveRefund | The refund for Reserved Instances attached to your organization by Flexsave. You get a refund when the RI utilization is below 50%. In such a case, the refund appears as a negative Flexsave RDS Charges on your monthly invoice. |
| Flexsave RI | FlexsaveManagementFee | Administrative fees charged by DoiT for the Flexsave for RDS service. |