AWSBillingConductorReadOnlyAccess

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Summary

Use the AWSBillingConductorReadOnlyAccess managed policy to allow read only access to AWS Billing Conductor (ABC) console and APIs. This policy grants permission to view and list all ABC resources. It does not include the ability to create or delete resources.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBillingConductorReadOnlyAccess
Default version: v5
Created: 2022-04-13
Last edited: 2026-09-21
Services: billingconductor, organizations, pricing

Control-plane actions (23)

By access level: 9 List, 14 Read.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
Billing Conductor	13 of 34	4 List, 9 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	billingconductor:GetBillingGroupCostReport, billingconductor:GetBillingTransferPreference, billingconductor:List*
Organizations	7 of 63	5 List, 2 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	organizations:DescribeAccount, organizations:DescribeResponsibilityTransfer, organizations:ListAccounts, organizations:ListChildren, organizations:ListInboundResponsibilityTransfers, organizations:ListOrganizationalUnitsForParent, organizations:ListRoots
Price List	3 of 5	3 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	pricing:DescribeServices, pricing:GetAttributeValues, pricing:GetProducts

Billing Conductor: 13 actions

billingconductor:GetBillingGroupCostReport (Read)
billingconductor:GetBillingTransferPreference (Read)
billingconductor:ListAccountAssociations (List)
billingconductor:ListBillingGroupCostReports (Read)
billingconductor:ListBillingGroups (Read)
billingconductor:ListCustomLineItemVersions (Read)
billingconductor:ListCustomLineItems (Read)
billingconductor:ListPricingPlans (Read)
billingconductor:ListPricingPlansAssociatedWithPricingRule (List)
billingconductor:ListPricingRules (Read)
billingconductor:ListPricingRulesAssociatedToPricingPlan (List)
billingconductor:ListResourcesAssociatedToCustomLineItem (List)
billingconductor:ListTagsForResource (Read)

Organizations: 7 actions

organizations:DescribeAccount (Read)
organizations:DescribeResponsibilityTransfer (Read)
organizations:ListAccounts (List)
organizations:ListChildren (List)
organizations:ListInboundResponsibilityTransfers (List)
organizations:ListOrganizationalUnitsForParent (List)
organizations:ListRoots (List)

Price List: 3 actions

pricing:DescribeServices (Read)
pricing:GetAttributeValues (Read)
pricing:GetProducts (Read)

Data-plane actions (0)

By access level: none.

This policy grants no actions in this plane.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: all-resources.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants only List and Read actions.

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "billingconductor:List*",
        "billingconductor:GetBillingGroupCostReport",
        "billingconductor:GetBillingTransferPreference",
        "organizations:ListAccounts",
        "pricing:DescribeServices",
        "pricing:GetAttributeValues",
        "pricing:GetProducts",
        "organizations:ListRoots",
        "organizations:ListOrganizationalUnitsForParent",
        "organizations:ListChildren",
        "organizations:DescribeAccount",
        "organizations:DescribeResponsibilityTransfer",
        "organizations:ListInboundResponsibilityTransfers"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v5, edited by AWS on 2026-09-21. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBillingConductorReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBillingConductorReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBillingConductorReadOnlyAccess

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBillingConductorReadOnlyAccess

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "awsbillingconductorreadonlyaccess" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AWSBillingConductorReadOnlyAccess"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AWSBillingConductorReadOnlyAccess"),
);

Sources

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