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List of expensive / long-term effect AWS IAM actions
acm-pca:CreateCertificateAuthority
aws-marketplace:AcceptAgreementApprovalRequest
aws-marketplace:Subscribe
backup:PutBackupVaultLockConfiguration
bedrock:CreateProvisionedModelThroughput
bedrock:UpdateProvisionedModelThroughput
devicefarm:PurchaseOffering
dynamodb:PurchaseReservedCapacityOfferings
ec2:ModifyReservedInstances
ec2:PurchaseCapacityBlock
ec2:PurchaseCapacityBlockExtension
ec2:PurchaseHostReservation
ec2:PurchaseReservedInstancesOffering
ec2:PurchaseScheduledInstances
elasticache:PurchaseReservedCacheNodesOffering
es:PurchaseReservedElasticsearchInstanceOffering
es:PurchaseReservedInstanceOffering
glacier:CompleteVaultLock
glacier:InitiateVaultLock
mediaconnect:PurchaseOffering
medialive:PurchaseOffering
outposts:CreateOutpost
rds:PurchaseReservedDBInstancesOffering
redshift:PurchaseReservedNodeOffering
route53domains:RegisterDomain
route53domains:RenewDomain
route53domains:TransferDomain
s3-object-lambda:PutObjectLegalHold
s3-object-lambda:PutObjectRetention
s3:BypassGovernanceRetention
s3:PutBucketObjectLockConfiguration
s3:PutObjectLegalHold
s3:PutObjectRetention
savingsplans:CreateSavingsPlan
ses:PutDeliverabilityDashboardOption
shield:CreateSubscription
snowball:CreateCluster
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Thanks @sam-cox-tracebit, added.

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vstanimirovic commented Sep 21, 2024

I've got one sneaky b*****d to be added to the list:
Amazon Pinpoint-Deliverability dashboard
https://aws.amazon.com/pinpoint/pricing/

The Deliverability Dashboard is available for a fixed price of USD $1,250 per month. This charge includes reputation monitoring for up to five domains and 25 predictive email placement tests.

Note: If you cancel your subscription before the end of a billing period, we continue to charge you for the remaining days in the billing period. However, we don't charge you for the next billing period.

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Thanks, added ses:PutDeliverabilityDashboardOption.

@andresriancho-wiz
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Thanks for maintaining this list! 👏

ec2:purchase_capacity_block
ec2:purchase_capacity_block_extension

https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/capacityblocks/pricing/

Effective Hourly Rate PER INSTANCE
$31.464 USD

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Thanks @andresriancho-wiz, added.

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