FinOpsAgentAgentPolicy

Summary

Provides permissions required by the AWS FinOps Agent to perform cost analysis and spot cost saving opportunity on customer AWS resources.

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

Identity

ARN

arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/FinOpsAgentAgentPolicyCopy ARN

Default version

v5

Created

2026-06-03

Last edited

2026-10-02

Services

aco-automation, autoscaling, bcm-pricing-calculator, billing, billingconductor, budgets, ce, cloudtrail, cloudwatch, compute-optimizer, cost-optimization-hub, ec2, ecs, events, freetier, health, invoicing, lambda, logs, organizations, pricing, rds, savingsplans

Control-plane actions (137)

By access level: 59 List, 1 Permissions management, 69 Read, 8 Write.

Data-plane actions (3)

By access level: 1 List, 2 Read.

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: mixed.

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

Why this tier

• Grants 9 write, tagging or permissions-management actions, short of full control of any service.

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.

Related policies

Same service

• AWSBCMDataExportsServiceRolePolicy
• AWSBillingConductorFullAccess
• AWSBillingConductorReadOnlyAccess
• AWSBillingReadOnlyAccess
• AWSFinOpsAgentServiceRolePolicy
• AWSPriceListServiceFullAccess
• AWSSavingsPlansFullAccess
• AWSSavingsPlansReadOnlyAccess

Same domain

• AWSAccountSettingsManagementRole
• AWSAccountUsageReportAccess
• AWSBillingConductorRolePolicy
• AWSBillingServiceRolePolicy
• AWSBudgetsActionsWithAWSResourceControlAccess
• AWSBudgetsReadOnlyAccess
• AWSManagedSignUpAdminAccess
• AWSMarketplacePurchaseOrdersServiceRolePolicy

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": [
    {
      "Sid": "FinOpsAgentDataAccess",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ce:GetCostAndUsage",
        "ce:GetCostAndUsageWithResources",
        "ce:GetCostForecast",
        "ce:GetUsageForecast",
        "ce:GetDimensionValues",
        "ce:GetTags",
        "ce:GetCostCategories",
        "ce:GetCostAndUsageComparisons",
        "ce:GetCostComparisonDrivers",
        "ce:GetSavingsPlansCoverage",
        "ce:GetSavingsPlansUtilization",
        "ce:GetSavingsPlansUtilizationDetails",
        "ce:GetSavingsPlansPurchaseRecommendation",
        "ce:GetReservationCoverage",
        "ce:GetReservationUtilization",
        "ce:GetReservationPurchaseRecommendation",
        "ce:GetAnomalies",
        "ce:GetAnomalyMonitors",
        "ce:ListCostAllocationTags",
        "ce:ListCostAllocationTagBackfillHistory",
        "ce:DescribeCostCategoryDefinition",
        "ce:ListCostCategoryDefinitions",
        "ce:StartCommitmentPurchaseAnalysis",
        "ce:ListCommitmentPurchaseAnalyses",
        "ce:GetCommitmentPurchaseAnalysis",
        "ce:StartSavingsPlansPurchaseRecommendationGeneration",
        "ce:ListSavingsPlansPurchaseRecommendationGeneration",
        "ce:GetSavingsPlanPurchaseRecommendationDetails",
        "budgets:DescribeBudgetActionsForAccount",
        "budgets:DescribeBudgetActionsForBudget",
        "budgets:ViewBudget",
        "cost-optimization-hub:GetRecommendation",
        "cost-optimization-hub:ListRecommendations",
        "cost-optimization-hub:ListRecommendationSummaries",
        "compute-optimizer:DescribeRecommendationExportJobs",
        "compute-optimizer:GetEnrollmentStatus",
        "compute-optimizer:GetEnrollmentStatusesForOrganization",
        "compute-optimizer:GetRecommendationSummaries",
        "compute-optimizer:GetEC2InstanceRecommendations",
        "compute-optimizer:GetEC2RecommendationProjectedMetrics",
        "compute-optimizer:GetAutoScalingGroupRecommendations",
        "compute-optimizer:GetEBSVolumeRecommendations",
        "compute-optimizer:GetLambdaFunctionRecommendations",
        "compute-optimizer:GetRecommendationPreferences",
        "compute-optimizer:GetEffectiveRecommendationPreferences",
        "compute-optimizer:GetECSServiceRecommendations",
        "compute-optimizer:GetECSServiceRecommendationProjectedMetrics",
        "compute-optimizer:GetLicenseRecommendations",
        "compute-optimizer:GetRDSDatabaseRecommendations",
        "compute-optimizer:GetRDSDatabaseRecommendationProjectedMetrics",
        "compute-optimizer:GetIdleRecommendations",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeVolumes",
        "ecs:ListServices",
        "ecs:ListClusters",
        "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingGroups",
        "autoscaling:DescribeAutoScalingInstances",
        "lambda:ListFunctions",
        "lambda:ListProvisionedConcurrencyConfigs",
        "organizations:ListAccounts",
        "organizations:DescribeOrganization",
        "organizations:DescribeAccount",
        "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
        "rds:DescribeDBClusters",
        "rds:DescribeDBMajorEngineVersions",
        "pricing:DescribeServices",
        "pricing:GetAttributeValues",
        "pricing:GetProducts",
        "freetier:GetFreeTierUsage",
        "bcm-pricing-calculator:GetPreferences",
        "bcm-pricing-calculator:GetWorkloadEstimate",
        "bcm-pricing-calculator:ListWorkloadEstimateUsage",
        "bcm-pricing-calculator:ListWorkloadEstimates",
        "cloudtrail:LookupEvents",
        "cloudtrail:DescribeTrails",
        "cloudtrail:GetTrailStatus",
        "cloudtrail:GetEventSelectors",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricData",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
        "cloudwatch:ListMetrics",
        "logs:StartQuery",
        "logs:GetQueryResults",
        "billing:GetBillingView",
        "billing:GetEnterpriseSupportChargeSummary",
        "billing:GetEnterpriseSupportContractDetails",
        "billing:ListBillingViews",
        "billing:ListEnterpriseSupportLinkedAccountCharges",
        "billing:ListSourceViewsForBillingView",
        "billing:GetResourcePolicy",
        "billingconductor:ListBillingGroups",
        "billingconductor:ListAccountAssociations",
        "billingconductor:ListBillingGroupCostReports",
        "billingconductor:GetBillingGroupCostReport",
        "billingconductor:ListCustomLineItems",
        "billingconductor:ListCustomLineItemVersions",
        "billingconductor:ListResourcesAssociatedToCustomLineItem",
        "billingconductor:ListPricingRules",
        "billingconductor:ListPricingPlans",
        "billingconductor:ListPricingRulesAssociatedToPricingPlan",
        "billingconductor:ListPricingPlansAssociatedWithPricingRule",
        "invoicing:ListInvoiceSummaries",
        "invoicing:ListInvoiceUnits",
        "invoicing:GetInvoiceUnit",
        "invoicing:BatchGetInvoiceProfile",
        "invoicing:ListProcurementPortalPreferences",
        "invoicing:GetProcurementPortalPreference",
        "aco-automation:GetAutomationEvent",
        "aco-automation:GetAutomationRule",
        "aco-automation:GetEnrollmentConfiguration",
        "aco-automation:ListAccounts",
        "aco-automation:ListAutomationEvents",
        "aco-automation:ListAutomationEventSteps",
        "aco-automation:ListAutomationEventSummaries",
        "aco-automation:ListAutomationRules",
        "aco-automation:ListRecommendedActions",
        "aco-automation:ListRecommendedActionSummaries",
        "aco-automation:ListAutomationRulePreview",
        "aco-automation:ListAutomationRulePreviewSummaries",
        "aco-automation:ListTagsForResource",
        "billing:GetCredits",
        "billing:GetCreditAllocationHistory",
        "health:DescribeEvents",
        "savingsplans:DescribeSavingsPlans",
        "savingsplans:DescribeSavingsPlanRates",
        "savingsplans:DescribeSavingsPlansOfferings",
        "savingsplans:DescribeSavingsPlansOfferingRates",
        "savingsplans:ListTagsForResource",
        "cost-optimization-hub:ListEfficiencyMetrics",
        "cost-optimization-hub:ListEnrollmentStatuses",
        "cost-optimization-hub:GetPreferences",
        "billing:GetBillingPreferences",
        "billing:ListBillingViewSegments"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EventBridgeManagedRuleManagementWritePermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "events:PutRule",
        "events:PutTargets",
        "events:DeleteRule",
        "events:RemoveTargets",
        "events:EnableRule",
        "events:DisableRule"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:events:*:*:rule/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "events:ManagedBy": "finops-agent.amazonaws.com",
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Sid": "EventBridgeManagedRuleManagementReadPermissions",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "events:DescribeRule",
        "events:ListTargetsByRule"
      ],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:events:*:*:rule/*",
      "Condition": {
        "StringEquals": {
          "aws:ResourceAccount": "${aws:PrincipalAccount}"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v5, edited by AWS on 2026-10-02. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

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

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

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

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

Sources

Pending editorial review. No editorial sources are listed yet.

• Official AWS reference for FinOpsAgentAgentPolicy
• Report a data issue