Real-Time Costs provide near real-time estimates of your Amazon EC2 compute spend, including EC2 K8s spend, allowing you to see changes before they appear on your bill. Use real-time costs to detect and take action on anomalies early to avoid runaway costs, instead of waiting days and incurring thousands of dollars in unexpected costs. You can also observe the impact of recent changes, and monitor hourly or sub-hourly spend trends.