Consolidated Billing (AWS Organizations)

Consolidated Billing simplifies the billing process by centralizing payment under a single management account, allowing us to manage charges for multiple AWS accounts in one place.

Key Benefits

  1. Management account handles all charges, streamlining billing management for the organization.
  2. Instead of individual bills for each member account, we receive one combined bill per Seller of Record (SOR). This simplifies tracking and payments across all accounts.
  3. Allows to combine the usage of all accounts within the organization, potentially leading to volume discounts, Reserved Instances (RI), and Savings Plans.
  4. Track charges across accounts via Cost Explorer and detailed billing reports (e.g., CSV downloads).
  5. Available free of charge—no additional fees for using it.

Important:

  1. Consolidated Billing is for billing purposes only.
  2. Service Control Policies (SCPs) are used for managing permissions across accounts.

How It Works?

  1. Create an AWS Organization.
  2. Choose “All features” or “Consolidated billing only”.
  3. Invite member accounts or create new ones.
  4. The management account will handle all payments.