Autopilot analyzes AWS Cost and Usage Report data to evaluate compute usage and existing commitments, then recommends Savings Plan coverage based on configurable historical lookback periods. Users can review recommendations and approve purchases manually, or enable automatic purchasing. The product supports Compute Savings Plans for compute workloads and provides recommendations for Database Savings Plans and certain Reserved Instances. Settings include one- or three-year terms and upfront payment choices where supported. The documentation describes Autopilot as working with AWS APIs and says it does not change underlying infrastructure.