Explore Various AWS CUR Dashboards
- Santhanam Sivan
- May 1
- 3 min read
Updated: May 3

Managing cloud spend doesn’t have to be complicated. With the right dashboards, AWS makes it easy to monitor, analyze, and optimize your cloud costs—all in one place. Whether you’re a FinOps practitioner, an engineering lead, or a business decision-maker, there’s a dashboard tailored just for your needs.
Let’s take a friendly tour through some of the most powerful AWS dashboards that can help you take control of your cloud journey!
🚀 CUDOS Dashboard
The CUDOS (Cost and Usage Dashboards on AWS) Dashboard gives you a high-level overview of your cloud operations, with the ability to zoom into resource-level details. It’s perfect for FinOps teams, product owners, and engineers who want both the big picture and the granular breakdowns to drive decisions.

💡 Cost Intelligence Dashboard
Looking to build your own cost management solution? The Cost Intelligence Dashboard is your customizable starting point. It offers a solid foundation for creating a tailored FinOps tool that reflects your organization’s unique goals and workflows.

📈 KPI & Modernization Dashboard
Bridging the gap between DevOps, IT, finance, and the C-suite, this dashboard helps you track goals around AWS modernization—like Spot usage, Graviton adoption, and OnDemand usage. With every business unit involved, it promotes a culture of efficiency and innovation across your organization.

🛡️ Trusted Advisor Organizational (TAO) Dashboard
The TAO Dashboard highlights optimization opportunities, idle resources, and security or performance risks identified by AWS Trusted Advisor. It also gives you trend data, so you can track the impact of your improvements over time.

⚙️ Compute Optimizer Dashboard
Make smarter sizing decisions with the Compute Optimizer Dashboard. It visualizes recommendations from AWS Compute Optimizer to help you right-size resources—saving costs and reducing operational risks from over- or under-provisioning.

🚨 Cost Anomaly Dashboard
No more surprise bills. This dashboard helps you quickly detect and visualize cost anomalies spotted by AWS, so you can act fast and keep your budget on track.

📊 Extended Support Cost Projection Dashboard
If you’re using Amazon RDS or EKS, this dashboard helps forecast extended support costs based on your current usage—so you can plan proactively.
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💰 Graviton Savings Dashboard
Wondering how much you could save with AWS Graviton processors? This dashboard gives you visibility into current usage and potential cost savings across EC2, RDS, OpenSearch, and ElastiCache.

📅 AWS Budgets Dashboard
Set and track your cloud spending goals with ease. This dashboard gives a clear picture of how your budget is being used across teams and services.

🧭 CORA Dashboard (Cost Optimization Recommended Actions)
Based on data from the AWS Cost Optimization Hub, this dashboard surfaces actionable insights like rightsizing, Graviton migration, and idle resource clean-up. You can even track recommendations by workload owner.

🔍 FOCUS Dashboard (Preview)
This open-source, pre-configured dashboard gives you instant visibility into your FOCUS data using Amazon QuickSight. It’s a fast, flexible way to start exploring cost and usage insights.

🛒 Marketplace Single Pane of Glass (SPG) Dashboard
Managing Marketplace subscriptions has never been easier. This dashboard gives procurement, FinOps, and legal teams a unified view of all AWS Marketplace activity—without needing deep technical access or jumping between consoles.

🧾 Kubecost Containers Cost Allocation Dashboard
Built for Kubernetes users, this dashboard helps teams understand and allocate in-cluster costs. With showback and chargeback capabilities, it's ideal for multi-tenant environments and optimizing container usage.

📦 SCAD Containers Cost Allocation Dashboard
Similar to the Kubecost dashboard, this one is designed for EKS and ECS workloads, using Split Cost Allocation Data (SCAD). It helps teams track and allocate container costs with ease.

🌐 Data Transfer Dashboard
Track and understand all your data transfer costs—whether it's Internet-bound traffic, inter-region transfers, or between availability zones.

☎️ Amazon Connect Cost Insights Dashboard
If you're using Amazon Connect, this dashboard breaks down telecom costs, usage trends, and provides detailed call data to help manage and optimize your customer service platform.

Wrapping Up
Each of these AWS dashboards serves a unique purpose, but together they provide a 360-degree view of your cloud usage and spending. Whether you're optimizing workloads, tracking financial KPIs, or managing procurement, there's a dashboard ready to empower your team with the insights needed to take action.
Ready to dive in and explore the dashboards that can transform your cloud strategy?
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