What is AWS Billing Conductor?
AWS Billing Conductor is a service for customizing AWS billing. The service enables grouping AWS accounts into billing groups and applying custom pricing rules that can differ from standard AWS pricing.
Many organizations face the challenge of allocating AWS costs accurately to different business units, projects, or customers. Billing Conductor makes this possible by allowing custom pricing structures, markups, and discounts to be defined at the billing group level.
For managed service providers and resellers, Billing Conductor offers the ability to create transparent, individually customized invoices for their customers that reflect their own service fees and margins.
Core Features
- Billing Groups: Group AWS accounts into logical billing units with individual pricing rules
- Custom Pricing: Define custom pricing rules with percentage markups, discounts, or fixed prices per service
- Pro-Forma Invoices: Create pro-forma billing statements for each billing group as a basis for internal chargeback
- Pricing Plans: Reusable pricing plans that can be assigned to multiple billing groups
- API Access: Programmatic access to billing data for integration into custom billing systems
Typical Use Cases
Internal Cost Chargeback: Large enterprises use Billing Conductor to allocate AWS costs to business units or cost centers based on usage. Each unit receives its own pro-forma invoice with the costs relevant to them.
Multi-Tenant Billing: Managed service providers create individual invoices for their customers with custom pricing rules that reflect the provider’s service fees and margins.
Reseller Billing: AWS resellers use Billing Conductor to create transparent invoices for their customers that are decoupled from internal AWS costs and reflect their own pricing structures.
Benefits
- Flexible pricing independent of standard AWS prices
- Simplified internal cost allocation through billing groups
- Automatic pro-forma invoices for each group
- Programmable API for integration into existing billing processes
Integration with innFactory
As an AWS Reseller, innFactory supports you with AWS Billing Conductor: from designing billing structure and configuring pricing rules and billing groups to integration with your internal billing and ERP systems.
Typical Use Cases
Frequently Asked Questions
What is AWS Billing Conductor?
AWS Billing Conductor is a service that enables organizations to create custom billing groups and apply custom pricing rules. This simplifies internal cost allocation and enables tailored billing for different business units or customers.
Who is Billing Conductor suited for?
The service is suitable for organizations with multiple AWS accounts needing custom cost allocation, as well as managed service providers and resellers who want to provide customized billing to their customers.
Can I set custom prices?
Yes, Billing Conductor enables defining custom pricing rules that deviate from standard AWS pricing. You can configure percentage markups, fixed prices, or custom rates for individual services.