AWS Trusted Advisor
Your customized cloud expert, helping you provision your resources by following best practices.
Overview
AWS Trusted Advisor draws upon best practices learned from serving hundreds of thousands of AWS customers. It inspects your AWS environment and then makes recommendations when opportunities exist to save money, improve system availability and performance, or help close security gaps.
✨ Key Features
- Cost Optimization recommendations
- Performance improvement checks
- Security checks
- Fault Tolerance analysis
- Service Limits monitoring
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Based on AWS best practices
- Holistic view across cost, security, performance, and fault tolerance
- Integrated into AWS Support plans
Unique Value: Provides actionable recommendations based on AWS best practices to optimize the entire AWS environment, not just cost.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Identifying idle EC2 instances and unattached EBS volumes.
- Detecting security gaps like open security group ports.
- Monitoring service limits to prevent operational issues.
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Detailed cost and usage reporting (better handled by Cost Explorer)
- Real-time budget alerting (better handled by AWS Budgets)
🏆 Alternatives
While other tools may offer deeper cost analysis, Trusted Advisor provides a broader, multi-faceted assessment of your AWS environment's health, covering security, performance, and resilience.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Business, Enterprise On-Ramp, or Enterprise Support plan tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
Free tier: All AWS accounts get access to a core set of checks.
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