# Cloud cost management features Take control of your cloud costs and achieve cost visibility. ![Four cost insight cards around the CloudSpend mark: spend breakdown, usage by service, usage over time and a declining spend trend](https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/cloudspend/features-hero.svg) ## Cloud cost visibility Unlock crystal-clear cloud cost insights, empowering smarter decisions and savings without the guesswork. ### Resource inventory Obtain full visibility into your resource inventory and effectively audit each element that affects your costs. Streamline your resource management and drive savings. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/resource-reports.html) ### Kubernetes cost optimization Gain full control over and streamline your Kubernetes costs, cut down on over-provisioning, and pay only for what you use. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/kubernetes-cost-optimization.html) ### Cost reporting Achieve user-friendly reporting that simplifies your cloud financial data, offering comprehensive reporting capabilities to help you manage your costs effectively. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/cost-reports.html) ### Usage reports Gain a deeper understanding of your infrastructure usage and optimize spending with detailed reports that go beyond traditional cost metrics. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/usage-based-reporting.html) ### Cost allocation reports Help you track and manage cloud expenses by breaking down costs at different levels, enabling precise cost control and optimization. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/cost-allocation.html) ### Multi-portal support Manage cloud spending for multiple teams or clients using secure, isolated portals. Multi-portal support ensures custom access and centralized control for scalable, multi-tenant cloud cost management. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/multi-portal.html) ### Unit Economics Understand cloud costs at a unit level by tracking cost per customer, workload, or feature. Identify inefficiencies, improve cost visibility, and optimize cloud spending with actionable insights. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/unit-economics.html) ## Cloud cost optimization Maximize savings with actionable cost optimization insights that make every cloud dollar count. ### Recommendations Have better control over your cloud spending with automated, data-driven cost recommendations to maximize efficiency and minimize cloud wastage. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/cost-recommendations.html) ### Commitment reports Get clear insights into your cloud discounts and track your savings over time, and track changes in coverage and discover opportunities. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/commitment-reports.html) ### Anomaly detection Stay on top of your cloud expenses with AI-driven cost anomaly detection and automatically identify unexpected cost spikes and get real-time alerts. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/anomaly-detection.html) ### IT automation Identify unused, idle cloud resources that are the major reasons for cloud bleed, especially in non-production test or dev environments, and trigger user-defined actions. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/index.html) ### Forecasting Gain visibility, control, and insights into your cloud costs with predictive analytics and leverage AI-driven algorithms to predict your spending behavior. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/forecasting.html) ### Cloud migration Simplify your cloud migration with full cost visibility and performance insights. CloudSpend lets you plan, track, and optimize every phase right from budgeting and execution to post-migration cost tuning. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/cloud-migration.html) ### Cloud cost control Avoid surprise cloud bills with real-time cost tracking, intelligent optimization, and budget alerts. It empowers you to stay within budget while maximizing ROI across AWS and Azure. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/cloud-cost-control.html) ## Effective integration CloudSpend's UI extension in Site24x7 makes it easy for teams to monitor cloud costs alongside their key metrics for cloud services. [Monitoring integration with Site24x7](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/index.html) ## Cloud cost governance and administration Simplify cloud cost governance and administration, facilitating control, clarity, and smarter cloud financial decisions. ### Governance Gain control over your cloud environment by setting policies, managing access, and enforcing compliance. CloudSpend helps you govern usage and costs across teams, accounts, and cloud providers with ease. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/cloud-governance.html) ### Budgeting Get a detailed comparison of current and forecasted budgeted amounts and schedule reports for the dashboard, recent alerts, and historical budgets. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/budgets.html) ### Checks The Checks feature empowers businesses to configure budget thresholds and track anomalies across accounts, business units, and reports. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/checks.html) ### Cost center Take charge of your cloud infrastructure costs by organizing them into cost centers with real-time insights, automated optimizations, and comprehensive budgeting. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/cost-centers.html) ### Smart tagging Achieve seamless tagging across your organization with our innovative virtual tagging solution, designed to enhance visibility and control over cloud resources. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/smart-tagging.html) ### Tagging compliance reports Identify untagged resources, quantify their cost impact, and ensure every asset is tracked and compliant with governance policies. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/tagging-compliance-reports.html) ## Hosting CloudSpend provides a unique hosting model that allows full SaaS implementations. You can self-manage SaaS with with zero maintenance. CloudSpend also provides an automatic scaling option and high availability with zero SLA breaches. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/index.html) ## Support Do you have a question that needs to be answered? We are here to solve it for you. ### Community You can leverage our community-supported knowledge base here. [Learn More](https://pitstop.manageengine.com/portal/en/community/cloudspend) ### Reach out to us CloudSpend standard support includes coverage from 9am to 5pm PST Monday through Friday with different response times based on priority. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/contact-support.html) ## Mobile application With the [CloudSpend mobile application](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/mobile-app.html), you can quickly access information about your cloud infrastructure and review alerts and notifications. You can also identify and eliminate cloud resource wastage in your multi-cloud environment from your Android or iOS device. [![itune](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/images/itune.png)](https://apps.apple.com/in/app/cloudspend/id6444443419) [![play-store](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/images/play-store.png)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zoho.cloudspend&pli=1) ## Security ManageEngine offers encryption, access control, threat detection, vulnerability management, and secure auditing tools. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/security.html) ### Role-based access permission Secure user data and give roles based permissions by choosing what each user can see and do within CloudSpend. ### SSL encryption Set up multiple levels of authentication and avoid unauthorized attempts to access your spending data. ### Multi-factor authentication Secure your cloud with Cloudspend’s seamless, reliable multi-factor authentication protection. ### Single sign-on (SAML) Log in once in to your Zoho account with no separate login required for CloudSpend. SSO works with Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 as well. ## Auditing and compliance Applicable to all cloud services and on-premises products of ManageEngine and Site24x7. [Learn More](https://www.manageengine.com/compliance.html) ### GDPR compliance (EU) ManageEngine ensures GDPR compliance by safeguarding personal data, offering role-based access, encryption, and detailed audit trails for accountability. ### PCI DSS compliance ManageEngine supports PCI DSS standards by securing cardholder data with robust access controls, encryption, and continuous monitoring for vulnerabilities. ### HIPAA compliance ManageEngine ensures HIPAA compliance by protecting patient health information through encryption, access controls, and comprehensive audit logging. ### CCPA compliance ManageEngine ensures CCPA compliance by providing tools for data discovery, privacy management, access control, and secure reporting.