Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Heroku are two commonly used cloud services that let us deploy, monitor, and scale web and mobile apps. Both services provide us with cloud computing resources and are great for hosting applications. But if you’re building your first mobile or web application, how can you decide which of these options – AWS or Heroku – is best for your application?… Read more

Example 1: Allow IAM users to view your billing information To allow an IAM user to view your billing information without giving the IAM user access to sensitive account information, such as your password and account activity reports, use a policy similar to the following example policy. This policy allows IAM users to view the following Billing and Cost Management console pages, without giving them access to the Account Settings or Reports console pages: Dashboard Cost Explorer Bills Payment History Consolidated Billing Preferences Credits Advance Payment { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Effect": "Allow", "Action": "aws-portal:ViewBilling", "Resource": "*" } ] } Example 2: Allow IAM users to access the Reports console page To allow an IAM user to access the Reports console page and to view the usage reports that contain account activity information, use a policy similar to this example policy.… Read more

The AWS account owner can access billing information and tools by signing in to the AWS Management Console using the account password. However, we recommend that you don’t use the account password for everyday access to the account, and especially that you don’t share account credentials with others to give them access to your account.… Read more