In many organizations, AWS Marketplace purchases are lumped into a single consolidated billing line without visibility into individual vendors. This lack of transparency makes it difficult to identify which Marketplace spend is eligible to count toward the EDP cap. As a result, teams may either overspend on direct AWS services to fulfill their commitment unnecessarily or miss the opportunity to right-size new commitments based on existing Marketplace purchases. In both cases, the absence of vendor-level detail hinders optimization.

Many organizations mistakenly believe that all AWS Marketplace spend automatically contributes to their EDP commitment. In reality, only certain Marketplace transactions, those involving EDP-eligible vendors and transactable SKUs, will count towards a portion of their EDP commitment. This misunderstanding can lead to double counting: forecasting based on the assumption that both native AWS usage and Marketplace purchases will fully draw down the commitment. If the assumptions are incorrect, the organization risks failing to meet its EDP threshold, incurring penalties or losing expected discounts.