Budgeting & Forecasting

Proactively manage your cloud expenses with our comprehensive Budgeting & Forecasting services. We help you establish clear financial targets and predict future spending trends to maintain control and optimize your cloud investments.

Key Aspects of Budgeting & Forecasting

Budget Definition: Establish clear and realistic budgets aligned with your business goals and cloud usage patterns.
Forecasting Methodologies: Utilize various forecasting techniques based on historical data, anticipated growth, and planned projects.
Granular Budgeting: Set budgets at different levels, such as account, service, resource group, or tagged resources.
Budget Monitoring: Continuously track spending against defined budgets and identify potential deviations.
Alerting and Notifications: Configure timely alerts to notify stakeholders of budget thresholds and potential overspending.
Scenario Planning: Model different usage scenarios to understand potential cost implications of growth or changes.
Integration with Reporting: Seamlessly integrate budgeting and forecasting data with cost visibility reports for a holistic financial view.

Platform-Specific Budgeting & Forecasting

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Budgets: Create custom budgets to track cost and usage, and configure detailed alert rules.
AWS Cost Explorer Forecast: Leverage Cost Explorer to view forecasts based on your past usage.
Savings Plans and Reserved Instances Planning: Utilize AWS Cost Explorer recommendations to plan for cost-effective commitments.
Budget Actions: Automate responses to budget breaches, such as stopping instances.
Integration with AWS Organizations: Manage budgets centrally across multiple AWS accounts.

Microsoft Azure

Azure Budgets: Define budgets with filters for scope, resources, and tags, and set up action groups for automated responses.
Cost Management Forecasts: Utilize Cost Analysis to view forecasts based on historical trends.
Azure Advisor Recommendations: Receive recommendations for cost optimization, including reservation planning.
Resource Group and Tag-Based Budgeting: Implement granular budgeting based on your Azure resource organization.
Integration with Azure Cost Management APIs: Automate budget creation and monitoring.

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Cloud Billing Budgets & Alerts: Set budgets for projects and billing accounts, and configure email and Pub/Sub notifications.
Billing Export to BigQuery for Forecasting: Analyze historical data in BigQuery to build custom forecasting models.
Recommendations for Committed Use Discounts: Review GCP recommendations for cost-effective resource commitments.
Project and Label-Based Budgeting: Implement granular budgeting based on your GCP project structure and labels.
Cloud Billing API: Automate budget management and retrieval of billing data for forecasting.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

OCI Budgets: Create budgets with flexible scoping based on compartments and tags, and configure alert rules.
Cost Analysis Forecasting: Utilize Cost Analysis tools to visualize and forecast spending trends.
Recommendations for Reserved Capacity: Review OCI recommendations for cost savings through reserved capacity.
Compartment and Tag-Based Budgeting: Implement granular budgeting aligned with your OCI organizational structure.
OCI Cost Management APIs: Automate budget management and cost data retrieval for forecasting purposes.

Our Budgeting & Forecasting services provide you with the foresight and control necessary to optimize your cloud spending and ensure alignment with your financial objectives.

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