Guides
Written by Faisal Saleem, Founder. Each guide shows its sources.
Cloud cost allocation, explained for the people who sign the number.
Short, specific guides on how cloud bills get split, reported and charged back. Each one answers its question in the first paragraph and shows the working.
Cloud cost allocation
Chargeback vs showback: which cloud cost model to use, and when
Showback reports each team’s cloud cost without moving money; chargeback bills it to their budget. What each is for, how to choose, and how to move between them.
Template
Cloud chargeback model template: policy, rules and statement layout
A free cloud chargeback model template: policy, allocation rules, shared-cost treatment and a statement layout finance will sign. Word download included.
· Word download
Cloud cost visibility
IT cost transparency: what it means and how to get it for cloud
IT cost transparency means every technology cost is visible, attributed to a consumer and explainable in their terms. What it takes for cloud, and where it stalls.
Cloud cost allocation
Cloud cost allocation: methods, tags, shared costs and examples
How cloud cost allocation works across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud: direct, proportional and fixed methods, cost allocation tags, shared costs and a worked example.
Cloud cost forecasting
Cloud cost forecasting: methods, budgets and variance finance can use
How to forecast cloud costs by department, product and commitment: the methods that work, budgets and variance on one page, and how to keep the forecast honest.
Early warning
Cloud cost anomaly detection: what native tools miss, and what works
How cloud cost anomaly detection works, what the AWS, Azure and Google Cloud native tools do and do not do, and how to get an alert to the person who can act.
Multi-cloud
Multi-cloud cost management: one model for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
Multi-cloud cost management means one ledger, one vocabulary and one allocation across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. Where three consoles break, and what to build.