Managing cloud costs effectively is a critical concern for organizations of all sizes. While AWS Budgets provides powerful tools to set spending thresholds and receive notifications, these alerts traditionally arrive through email or through AWS Management Console notifications. These traditional notification methods face several challenges when managing cloud costs:
- Email notifications might not be seen immediately
- Important budget alerts can get lost in crowded inboxes
- Team members might not have immediate access to their email or the console
- Global teams need accessible alerting mechanisms that work across time zones
Today, we’re sharing a solution that brings AWS Budgets alerts directly to your WhatsApp using AWS End User Messaging—enabling real-time cost awareness and faster response to budget thresholds wherever you are.
Overview of solution
Our solution integrates AWS Budgets with WhatsApp…