Cost Centers in CloudSpend let you organize cloud resources by department, project, or team from a unified dashboard. Every resource can be assigned to a specific cost center, enabling granular spend tracking and budget management. You can define budgets per center and receive alerts on overspend. Built-in chargeback and showback functionality encourages accountability by allocating costs back to resource owners. Additionally, Cost Centers provide actionable insights into underutilized or idle resources across business units—helping optimize spend, drive ownership, and streamline cost governance at scale.
Track cloud spend across different business units, projects, departments, or teams. By assigning specific cost centers to each resource and service, you gain a clear picture of how cloud resources are being used and where costs are accumulating.
Set and manage budgets for each cost center with automated alerts to prevent overspending. With budget controls in place, you can track and manage costs proactively across different teams or projects.
Implement chargeback or show-back models that allocate costs back to the responsible teams, departments, or projects. This encourages accountability and ensures that teams are aware of their cloud usage and costs.
Gain actionable insights into how each cost center is utilizing cloud resources and uncover opportunities for optimization. Identify underutilized resources, over-provisioned services, and areas where you can reduce costs.
