DoiT and AWS invoice differences
You may have wondered why the costs you see in AWS are different than those you see in the DoiT Console. This is maninly due to the recalculation of Saving Plans into Flexsave, support cost, and other billing items.
The AWS invoice is essentially split into three sections:
- A summary breakdown on the front page
- Several pages where the costs are broken out by service
- Several pages listing the costs by linked account
General billing items
In any given month, there are different factors that will result in the cost appearing different in AWS when compared directly with DoiT:
Bundled discount: Usage-based discount with a conditional logic associated with usage. This discount is passed onto your DoiT invoice.
Credit: Credits are automatically applied by AWS to cover your costs associated with eligible services. These credits are passed onto your DoiT Cloud Analytics.
Enterprise Discount Program (EDP): It's a contractual agreement which offers cross-service discount in return for an annual or multi-year commitment. You're rewarded with higher discounts for additional contract years you commit to. EDP is mainly targeted to customers with a high annual usage spend.
Out-of-Cycle Billing (OCB): Separate line items for one-time purchases, such as the Registrar fee, or APN fees billed upfront or following a private offer schedule.
Private Rate Card discount or Private Pricing Agreement (PPA): An agreement which provides discounted prices for specific services.
Recurring reservation fees: Monthly fee for Reserved Instances that are purchased partially upfront or no upfront.
Refund: Refund applied to the invoice.
Reservation applied usage: Covered usage by Reserved Instances. It's always represented as 0, since AWS represents the covered cost as 0.
Solution Provider Program (SPP) discounts: These discounts are given to DoiT by AWS, as we're an authorized reseller of their services.
Support fees: If you have a paid support level, the costs may differ from AWS to DoiT. If you use Flexsave, in AWS, these fees are calculated factoring in a Saving Plans 3-year discount rate, whereas in DoiT, they're based on a Saving Plans 1-year discount rate.
Usage: On-Demand charges.
Tax: If applicable. It's not passed from AWS, and it's always recalculated in the DoiT Console based on your billing profile.
Flexsave billing items
This information is only relevant if you have a dedicated resold account.
If you benefit from Flexsave savings, you must be familiar with these billing items:
Flexsave charges: The charge for the Flexsave service.
Flexsave covered usage: On-Demand costs covered by Flexsave.
Flexsave negation: Savings provided by Flexsave.
Savings Plans billing items
Savings Plans can differ between DoiT and AWS, so the billing amount you see in AWS may be different than what you see in DoiT.
AWS Savings Plans items
Savings Plans (SP) covered usage: On-Demand costs covered by DoiT Savings Plans. If you've purchased SPs directly from AWS, this is a combination of eligible On-Demand costs covered by both your own Saving Plans, and DoiT Saving Plans.
Savings Plans (SP) negation: Savings provided by DoiT Savings Plans. If you've purchased SPs directly from AWS, this is a combination of eligible savings from both your own Saving Plans, and DoiT Saving Plans.
Savings Plans (SP) recurring fees: Recurring charges related to DoiT Savings Plans. If you've purchased SPs directly from AWS, these fees are a combination of both DoiT and AWS SPs. DoiT Saving plans recurring fees are removed when we pull your monthly details through the Monthly Cost and Usage Report (CUR).
DoiT Savings Plans items
Savings Plans (SP) covered usage: On-Demand costs covered by your own Savings Plans.
Savings Plans (SP) negation: Savings provided by your own Savings Plans.
Savings Plans (SP) recurring fees: Recurring charges related to your own Savings Plans.