Azure Cost Management
Optimize your cloud investment
Overview
Azure Cost Management provides a suite of tools to help you analyze your Azure costs, set budgets, and get recommendations for cost savings. It allows you to allocate costs to different teams and projects using tags and management groups, enabling showback and accountability. It also offers capabilities to manage AWS costs from within the Azure portal.
✨ Key Features
- Cost analysis and visualization
- Budgets and alerts
- Cost allocation and showback
- Optimization recommendations
- AWS cost management (preview)
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Native integration with Azure ecosystem
- Free for managing Azure costs
- Ability to manage AWS costs from the same interface
Unique Value: Azure Cost Management provides a powerful and free way for Azure customers to gain visibility, accountability, and control over their cloud spending.
🎯 Use Cases (3)
✅ Best For
- Centralized cost management for organizations heavily invested in Azure
- Leveraging Azure-native constructs like management groups for cost allocation
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Organizations with a primary focus on other cloud providers
- Users requiring highly customized and complex cost allocation models
🏆 Alternatives
For organizations primarily on Azure, the native integration and free price point of Azure Cost Management make it a compelling starting point compared to third-party tools.
💻 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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