Avoiding Unintended Costs: A Cautionary Guide to Enabling Amazon QuickSight
Justin Corral2025-04-21T18:57:43+00:00I still remember the day I first explored Amazon QuickSight on the AWS Console. I was excited, eager to dive into the world of data analytics, and ready to experiment with creating dashboards. Without thinking much, I clicked a few buttons, followed the prompts, and before I knew it, I had enabled QuickSight for my account. What I didn’t realize was that simply enabling the service would lead to an automatic subscription, with charges quietly accumulating in the background. Days later, when I checked my AWS bill, I was shocked to see an unexpected charge. I had never even used [...]