EC2 Instance report vs Cost History to see Savings Plans - Unused

Products

• CloudHealth

Issue/Introduction

Use the the "Compute Cost" in Y-Axis in EC2 instance report:

 

Resolution

Savings Plans (SPs) and Reservation Instances (RIs) can only apply to compute costs.  The EC2 Instance Cost History report by default is looking instance costs which contains compute + transfer costs and transfer costs will show as On-Demand.  RIs don't apply to transfer costs.  The cleanest way to see Savings Plan - Unused costs is to use "Compute Cost".