# Amazon Billing and Cost Management Documentation

Amazon Billing and Cost Management is a service that provides features that helps you pay your bills and optimize your costs. Amazon Web Services bills your account for usage, which ensures that you pay only for what you use.

## Amazon Billing and Cost Management User Guides

- [Amazon Billing User Guide](/en_us/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/): Describes how to use the billing, payments, and cost organization features in the Amazon Billing and Cost Management console. Features described in this guide include Bills, Payments, Tax Settings, Free Tier, Credits, Payment Profiles, Purchase Orders, Advance Pay, Cost Categories, Cost Allocation Tags, Amazon Price List, and Consolidated Billing.
- [Amazon Cost Management User Guide](/en_us/cost-management/latest/userguide/): Describes how to use the cost analysis, budgeting, and savings features in the Amazon Billing and Cost Management console. Features described in this guide include Cost Explorer, Amazon Budgets, Cost Anomaly Detection, Cost Optimization Hub, Recommendations, Reservations, and Savings Plans.
- [Amazon Cost and Usage Report User Guide](/en_us/cur/latest/userguide/what-is-cur.html): Describes how to use the Amazon Cost and Usage Reports feature, integrated with the Amazon Billing and Cost Management console.

## API References

- [API Reference for Amazon Billing and Cost Management](/en_us/aws-cost-management/latest/APIReference/): Describes all the API operations for Amazon Billing and Cost Management features in detail. Also provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web services protocols.

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