- With tags we can track resources which relate to each other
- With cost allocation tags we can enable detailed costing reports
- Cost allocation tags are just like default tags, but they show up as columns in reports
- There are 2 types of cost allocation tags:
- AWS generated tags:
- Automatically applied to the resources we create
- They start with the prefix
aws (example: aws:createdBy)
- They are not applied to resources created before activation
- User tags:
- Defined by the user
- They start with the prefix
user
- Cost allocation tags appear only in the Billing Console
- It can take 24 hours to show up in the billing reports