Azure Cost Management and Billing
Optimize your cloud spend and accelerate your FinOps journey.
Overview
Azure Cost Management and Billing provides a set of tools to help you monitor, analyze, and optimize your cloud spending. It allows you to track resource usage and manage costs across Azure and other clouds like AWS. Key features include cost analysis, budgets, recommendations, and the ability to export data for further analysis.
✨ Key Features
- Cost analysis and visualization
- Budgeting and alerts
- Cost optimization recommendations
- Data export and APIs
- Multi-cloud cost management (Azure and AWS)
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Native integration with Azure billing and services
- Free for managing Azure spend
- Actionable recommendations from Azure Advisor
Unique Value: Provides a comprehensive and integrated solution for managing and optimizing Azure cloud costs at no additional charge.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Setting departmental budgets and receiving alerts on overages
- Analyzing cost spikes after a new deployment
- Using recommendations to right-size virtual machines
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Real-time application performance monitoring
- Security threat detection
🏆 Alternatives
Offers seamless integration and more granular data for Azure services compared to third-party tools, which may have broader multi-cloud support but less depth on Azure.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Azure Support Plans tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
Free tier: Free for managing Azure costs.
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