Using the Query API
AWS Price List Service API
is
a centralized and convenient way to programmatically query AWS for services, products,
and pricing
information.
The Price List Service API uses standardized product attributes such as
Location, Storage Class, and Operating
System, and provides prices at the SKU level. You can use Price List Service to build cost
control and scenario planning tools, reconcile billing data, forecast future spend
for
budgeting purposes, and provide cost benefit analyses that compare your internal
workloads with AWS.
If you use a programming language for which AWS provides an SDK, we recommend that you use the SDK. All the AWS SDKs greatly simplify the process of signing requests and save you a significant amount of time when compared with using the Price List Service API. In addition, the SDKs integrate easily with your development environment and provide easy access to related commands.
Note
The Price List Service API provides pricing details for your information only. If there is a discrepancy between the offer file and a service pricing page, AWS charges the prices that are listed on the service pricing page. For more information about AWS service pricing, see Cloud Services Pricing.
For more information about available SDKs, see Tools for Amazon Web Services. For more information about the AWS Price List Service API, see the AWS Billing and Cost Management API Reference.
Service Endpoint
AWS Price List Service API provides the following two endpoints:
https://api.pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
https://api.pricing.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com
Granting IAM Permissions to Use the AWS Price List Service API
An IAM user must be granted explicit permission to query the AWS Price List Service API. For the policy that grants the necessary permissions to an IAM user, see Example 11: Find products and prices.
