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title: "Cost Explorer concepts"
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# Cost Explorer concepts

Available in Classic and VPC

Before you learn the various usage scenarios for Cost Explorer, here are some basic concepts you need to know.

## Viewing Your Usage History

You can check your billing details for NAVER Cloud Platform services through the following methods.

- Go to **My Account** > **Billing and Payments** in the NAVER Cloud Platform console.
- Go to **Menu** > **All Services** > **Management & Governance** > **Cost Explorer** > **Cost Insight** in the NAVER Cloud Platform console to view [Usage Costs](/docs/en/costexplorer-cost) based on your selected filters.
- Go to **Menu** > **All Services** > **Management & Governance** > **Cost Explorer** > **Cost Analysis** in the NAVER Cloud Platform console to view [Detailed Cost Information](/docs/en/costexplorer-costanalysis) for each resource.

## Viewing Your Billing Item Details

Pricing for each service follows that service’s respective policy. See the following user guide for more information on billable items and units used for each resource.

- [Reading the Usage Display](/docs/en/costexplorer-costanalysis#%EC%82%AC%EC%9A%A9%EB%9F%89%ED%91%9C%EA%B8%B0)

## Creating and Managing Budgets

The NAVER Cloud Platform includes budgeting features to help you manage your service costs. By using these features to create a budget, you can easily check your spending and how much of your budget has been used.

- [Create a budget](/docs/en/costexplorer-budget#%EC%98%88%EC%82%B0%EC%83%9D%EC%84%B1)