How does consolidated billing help reduce costs for a company that has multiple AWS accounts?
It aggregates usage across accounts so that the company can reach volume discount thresholds sooner.
It offers an additional 5% discount on purchases of All Upfront Reserved Instances.
It provides a simplified billing invoice that the company can process more quickly than a standard invoice.
It gives AWS resellers the ability to bill their customers for usage.
Explanations:
Consolidated billing combines usage across accounts, helping a company reach volume discount tiers more quickly, which reduces costs.
Consolidated billing does not offer an additional discount on All Upfront Reserved Instances; it only aggregates usage to reach volume discounts faster.
While consolidated billing simplifies invoices, this does not directly reduce costs; its primary purpose is usage aggregation for potential volume discounts.
Consolidated billing is not related to AWS resellers billing customers; it is intended for aggregating usage across multiple accounts within a single organization.
I plot that the answer is:
It aggregates usage across accounts so that the company can reach volume discount thresholds sooner.