Pick Tovin.io if

You need one project view across multiple providers.

Pick AWS Cost Explorer if

Your spend lives almost entirely in AWS and native AWS reporting is enough.

What mattersTovin.ioAWS Cost Explorer
Cloud scope AWS, GCP, DigitalOcean· AWS only
Project rollup Cross-cloud canonical projects· AWS dimensions and tags
Unallocated spend First-class bucket· Requires manual filtering
Audience Multi-cloud operators· AWS account owners
Pricing

AWS Cost Explorer is native AWS tooling — included with your account, and AWS-only. Tovin.io adds cross-cloud mapping and product-level views on top of provider billing data: Free up to $3K tracked spend, Team $49/month (checked June 2026).

Native is not enough when the bill is not native

Cost Explorer is still the right place to inspect AWS-native details, and it keeps improving — account-level cost allocation tags shipped in December 2025. The gap appears when a customer, tenant, or environment uses AWS plus another provider. Tovin.io normalizes the ledger so teams can talk about the project, not the provider tab.

Who tovin.io is for

SREs & Platform Engineering leads Solo founders Finance & ops

Frequently asked

Does Tovin.io replace AWS Cost Explorer?

No. It complements native tools by rolling spend up to cross-cloud project views.

Do I still need AWS tags?

Yes. Tags are the cleanest source, but Tovin.io can add account and regex rules when tags are incomplete.