# Monitor Secrets Manager costs
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You can use Amazon CloudWatch to monitor estimated Amazon Secrets Manager charges. For more information, see [Creating a billing alarm to monitor your estimated Amazon charges](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/monitor_estimated_charges_with_cloudwatch.html) in the *CloudWatch User Guide*.

Another option for monitoring your costs is Amazon Cost Anomaly Detection. For more information, see [Detecting unusual spend with Amazon Cost Anomaly Detection](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/cost-management/latest/userguide/manage-ad.html) in the *Amazon Cost Management User Guide*.

For information about monitoring your Secrets Manager usage, see [Monitor Amazon Secrets Manager with Amazon CloudWatch](monitoring-cloudwatch.md) and [Log Amazon Secrets Manager events with Amazon CloudTrail](monitoring-cloudtrail.md).

For information about Amazon Secrets Manager pricing, see [Pricing](intro.md#asm_pricing).