How Can I Monitor My BC-workspace Costs?

BC-workspaces incur costs both while they are being used as well as when they are idle. 

The majority of the cost is incurred while a BC-workspace is in use, such as compute and data transfer, but you must also remember that there are additional fixed costs, such as storage and other AWS service costs that continue even when the BC-workspace is not in use. 

To help you monitor and track costs, BRAINCommons™ offers a detailed WorkSpace Billing dashboard, which you can access by selecting "View Billing & Transaction History" from the three-dot menu of your BC-workspace.

The Cost Dashboard displays: 

1. This month's total usage.

2. Your prepaid balance.

3. Daily costs for each of the four main cost categories (transfer, compute, storage and other) as a stacked bar chart. 

Hovering over each bar displays a detailed breakdown of the cost as a tooltip. You can look at different time period by selecting the relevant dates using the date selector in the top right corner.