# What's New? New features and enhancements in CloudSpend ## 2026 ### Bigger insights. Smarter cost management **September 14, 2026** · **Feature** CloudSpend is ready for iOS 27 with a new extra‐large widget for quick access to Budget, Anomaly, and Governance status. Enjoy the refined Liquid Glass experience and Siri's onscreen awareness for CloudSpend entities. Use Siri AI to surface the alerts you care about and summarize CloudSpend notifications through Spotlight, without needing to open the [app](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/mobile-app.html). With the latest CloudSpend capabilities at your fingertips, it’s easier to monitor, analyze, and optimize your cloud costs wherever you are. ### Prioritize cloud savings with Native Recommendations **September 03, 2026** · **Feature** View AWS, Azure, and GCP [provider recommendations](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/native-recommendations.html) into CloudSpend. Compare potential savings with actual spend, prioritize opportunities by severity and type, and evaluate recommended resource changes from one consistent view. ### See the cloud cost impact of your solutions **September 01, 2026** · **Feature** Get dedicated cost reports for [CommVault](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/commvault-cost-report.html), [Check Point](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/check-point-cost-report.html), [Cohesity](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/cohesity-cost-report.html), and [Dell](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/dell-cost-report.html) deployments. Break down the cloud spend associated with these solutions, compare cost patterns over time, and identify where your infrastructure spending is concentrated. ### Simplify and standardize CloudSpend notifications **August 14, 2026** · **Feature** Create reusable [Notification Profiles](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/notification-profiles.html) to manage recipients, email templates, alert timing, reminder frequency, and RCA details across Budget, Anomaly, and Governance checks. Reduce repetitive configuration and ensure the right stakeholders receive timely, relevant alerts. ### Track costs across your solution deployments **July 29, 2026** · **Feature** Get dedicated cost reports for solutions such as [Veeam](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/veeam-cost-report.html), [F5](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/f5-cost-report.html), [Palo Alto Networks](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/palo-alto-networks-cost-report.html), [Fortinet](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/fortinet-cost-report.html), [Cisco](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/cisco-cost-report.html), and [NetApp](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/netapp-cost-report.html). Analyse the cloud infrastructure costs behind each deployment, identify spending trends, and gain better visibility into solution specific cloud expenses. ### Configure customer-specific cloud pricing **July 06, 2026** · **MSP** · **Feature** Configure [Billing Rules](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/billing-rules.html) to apply margins, markups, and discounts to customer cloud costs. Create reusable pricing profiles, assign them to customers or tagged resources, and present adjusted costs while retaining visibility into the original cloud costs for internal reporting. ### Insights: A smarter way to act on cloud recommendations **June 24, 2026** · **Feature** [Insights](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/insights.html) in CloudSpend brings all your cloud recommendations into one prioritized view. Instead of reviewing scattered findings, you can now focus on the most impactful issues across cost, security, and availability, ranked using a smart scoring model to help you take faster, more effective action. ### Introducing Zia Agents in CloudSpend **May 21, 2026** · **Feature** Build AI-powered FinOps workflows with [Zia Agents](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/zia-agent-studio.html) in CloudSpend. Use prebuilt agents or create multiple specialized agents from a single workspace to handle workflows across cost analysis, anomaly detection, reporting, and governance insights. ### MCP support across modules with tool grouping **May 14, 2026** · **Feature** [MCP](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/mcp-integration.html) now supports all CloudSpend modules. Use tool grouping to select related tools, understand shared tool overlap, and get more accurate insights by querying across components based on enabled tools. ### Improve cloud cost visibility with Rule Engine **April 18, 2026** · **Feature** Automate cloud cost governance with [Rule Engine](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/rule-engine.html). Create rules to apply tagging actions, ensure accurate cost allocation, and track execution history. Reduce manual effort and maintain consistent cost data across accounts and cost centers. ### CloudSpend renames Business Units to Cost Centers **April 17, 2026** · **Feature** Business Units are now called [Cost Centers](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/cost-centers-overview.html) across CloudSpend. This is a naming update only, with no changes to functionality. You can continue to group, track, and analyze costs across accounts and teams as before. ### Identify cost drivers with unit-level insights **April 17, 2026** · **Feature** Understand cloud cost beyond total spend with the [Unit Economics report](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/unit-economics-report.html). Analyze cost per unit across services and regions, identify inefficiencies faster, and drill down to resource-level insights to make more accurate cost optimization decisions. ### Improve cloud cost visibility with Labels **March 27, 2026** · **Feature** Easily organize your CloudSpend configurations with [Labels](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/labels.html). Group accounts, budgets, checks, and reports under a shared context to view related elements in one place. Labels improve visibility across modules, reduce manual effort, and help you manage complex environments with better clarity and control. ### Manage cloud spend with Multi-Step budget thresholds **March 25, 2026** · **Feature** Define step based limits with custom severity, priority, and notifications to track spend progressively using the [Multi-Step budget feature](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/multi-step-budget.html). Improve cost visibility, enable timely action, and strengthen cloud cost control across accounts, services, and teams. ### Track cloud costs weekly with email summary **January 05, 2026** · **Feature** Stay on top of your cloud spend with a [weekly summary email](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/account-settings.html#Email_Notifications) in CloudSpend. Get a clear view of cost trends, recommendations, optimization insights, reservations, and anomalies. Each section includes links to the console so you can review details and take action when needed. ## 2025 ### Improve Azure cost efficiency with the Azure Optimizer Report **December 04, 2025** · **Azure** Identify under-utilized Azure virtual machines and uncover clear right-sizing opportunities with the [Azure Optimizer Report](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/azure-optimization-report.html). Reduce unnecessary VM spend, make informed optimization decisions, and keep Azure costs aligned with actual workload needs using this report. ### Identify compliance gaps across your cloud accounts **December 01, 2025** · **Feature** Track non-compliant resources in your cloud accounts with [Governance Checks](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/governance-checks.html). This feature helps you review your cloud resources and highlight anything that does not meet your compliance conditions and maintain a clean and governed environment. ### Access CloudSpend from AI assistants with MCP **November 28, 2025** · **Feature** Obtain cloud cost data directly from AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code using the [Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/mcp-integration.html). Ask questions in natural language to explore spend trends, detect anomalies, and view account-level insights without switching between dashboards. ### Multi-portal support for MSPs and enterprises **November 24, 2025** · **Feature** CloudSpend now supports a multi-portal setup for [MSPs](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/customer-portal.html) and [enterprises](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/workspace.html). You can set up branded customer portals and manage access, billing, and settings from your master MSP account. Workspaces help you separate cost data and configuration for each department, project, or client, making cost governance simple and consistent across the organization. ### Monitor and manage tagging compliance across your cloud accounts **October 24, 2025** · **Feature** Track and maintain tagging standards across your cloud resources with [Tagging Compliance report](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/tagging-compliance-report.html). View auto-generated and custom reports, easily schedule recurring reports to monitor compliance trends and ensure consistent tag governance across accounts. ### Understand and optimize Azure Reservations coverage **August 18, 2025** · **Azure** Track your Azure Reservations usage with the [Azure Reservations Report](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/azure-reservations-report.html). Gain visibility into reservation utilization and coverage across services and plan smarter future purchases. Use the insights to optimize spending and align reserved capacity with actual usage. ### Right-size your EC2 resources with precision and clarity **August 01, 2025** · **AWS** Identify underutilized EC2 instances and obtain right-sizing options to reduce cloud spend with the [EC2 Optimizer Report](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/ec2-optimizer-report.html). View optimization metrics, cost savings, and instance recommendations, and make informed decisions based on instance-level cost comparisons and utilization data. ### Enhance Azure efficiency with actionable insights **May 12, 2025** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** CloudSpend introduces updated [best practice recommendations](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/azure-recommendations-report.html). for Azure, designed to help you reduce costs, boost reliability, and improve security. Leverage these proactive suggestions to fine-tune your cloud environment and drive optimal performance. ### Maximize your AWS savings with the AWS Reservations Report **May 06, 2025** · **AWS** Get a detailed breakdown of reservation utilization and coverage, optimize dynamic workloads, and plan future purchases strategically with the [AWS Reservations Report](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/aws-reservations-report.html). Identify underutilized reservations, improve strategic planning, and maximize AWS savings! ### Get proactive with the latest GCP and Azure best practices **April 11, 2025** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** CloudSpend now includes new best practice recommendations for [GCP](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/gcp-recommendations-report.html) and [Azure](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/azure-recommendations-report.html) services. Enhance cost efficiency, availability, and security and optimize your cloud setup with the latest insights. ### Secure cost data with role-based access control **April 02, 2025** · **Feature** Assign custom roles with read, write, or delete access to cost data, ensuring compliance and preventing unauthorized changes with the [role-based access control (RBAC)](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/user-management.html) feature. Manage user permissions efficiently using visual or JSON formats for seamless collaboration and cost control. ### Enhance your GCP resource optimization with the latest best practices **April 01, 2025** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** Stay ahead with the latest [best practice checks](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/gcp-recommendations-report.html) for GCP services, such as Cloud DNS, Managed Instance Group, and Cloud SQL. CloudSpend now offers over 100 recommendations to help you improve cost efficiency, availability, and security across your GCP resources. ### Gain deeper cost insights with the Cost Allocation report **March 27, 2025** · **Feature** Obtain cost transparency, assign ownership, and identify optimization opportunities with the [Cost Allocation report](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/cost-allocation-report.html). This comprehensive report provides a detailed breakdown of your cloud spending at various levels for better financial visibility. ### Enhance your Azure workloads with latest best practice recommendations **March 26, 2025** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** Check out the new best practice checks added for services such as Azure VM, Azure Load Balancer, and Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set. Identify potential cost savings, performance improvements, and security enhancements effortlessly with the best practice checks added for [Azure services](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/azure-recommendations-report.html). ### Introducing the Alert Contact role in CloudSpend **March 12, 2025** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** The [Alert Contact role](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/user-management.html) restricts users to receiving only CloudSpend email alerts, such as budget notifications, reports, and other updates. They will not have access to the CloudSpend web client or API. ### Streamline your GCP resources using updated best practices **March 11, 2025** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** Optimize your GCP resources with the most up-to-date [best practice checks](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/gcp-recommendations-report.html). Explore the newest recommendations for services such as Cloud Run Functions, Cloud Storage, and Filestore. With CloudSpend, you now have access to more than 70 checks focused on cost optimization, availability, and security for GCP. ### Enhance your GCP resources with latest best practice checks **February 17, 2025** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** Discover the latest [GCP best practice checks](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/gcp-recommendations-report.html) for Compute Engine VM, Cloud SQL, and Kubernetes Cluster. These checks help you fine-tune your GCP resources with recommendations to enhance cost efficiency, fault tolerance, and performance. ## 2024 ### Take control of your cloud costs with the Checks feature **December 09, 2024** · **Feature** Effortlessly configure and manage budgets and anomalies for your cost accounts to ensure proactive cloud cost management across accounts, business units, and reports with [Checks](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/checks-overview.html). This feature helps in the timely detection of irregularities in cloud expenditures, enabling you to stay on top of your cloud expenses. ### Unify and customize your cloud cost data with Custom Reports **November 01, 2024** · **Feature** Consolidate and customize all your cloud cost data in one unified view with [the Custom Reports](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/custom-reports.html) feature. Gain real-time insights, create tailored widgets, and streamline chargeback and showback management across your AWS, Azure, and GCP environments. ### Discover cost-saving opportunities with the Recommendations Report **October 29, 2024** · **Feature** The [Recommendations Report](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/recommendations-report.html) offers a detailed analysis of cloud usage across AWS, Azure, and GCP, providing actionable insights to optimize cloud costs, enhance fault tolerance, and boost performance. Recommendations are categorized into Cost, Availability, and Security, enabling users to improve their cloud environment efficiently. ### Elevate your cloud cost management with seamless Azure integration using Exports **October 04, 2024** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** Seamlessly connect your Azure accounts with CloudSpend using [Exports](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/azure-integrate.html) providing a more streamlined and efficient way to analyze and optimize your cloud costs. ### Track your cloud expenses with detailed insights from the Savings Report **September 20, 2024** · **Feature** Manage your multi-cloud expenses effectively by identifying savings opportunities and cost optimization strategies with the [Savings Report](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/savings-report.html). This report helps you understand how much you've saved through Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and other cost-saving measures, enabling you to fine-tune your cloud strategies. ### Optimize your AWS cloud costs with the Cost Category report **August 26, 2024** · **Feature** Optimize your AWS cloud costs with the Cost Category report Obtain critical visibility into your AWS cloud costs and understand where your budget is being spent across different categories and segments by leveraging the auto-created [Cost Category](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/cost-category-report.html) report. It also enables you to optimize resource utilization and make data-driven decisions to improve your cloud operations. ### Streamline your cloud management with the Resource Inventory report **July 09, 2024** · **Feature** The [Resource Inventory](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/resource-inventory-report.html) report generates an up-to-date inventory containing all cloud resources from all accounts and across all providers to enable you to identify unused and costly resources. Receive a comprehensive view of your cloud resources to achieve greater control over your cloud spending. ### Enhanced User Management dashboard **July 09, 2024** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** Gain a comprehensive view of all your users and user groups in one place with the enhanced [User Management](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/user-management.html) dashboard. Easily add new users or user groups to your organization for better management and collaboration. ### Obtain critical insights about your cloud spending with Summary Report **April 16, 2024** · **Feature** The [Summary Report](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/summary-report.html) provides a comprehensive overview of all active cost accounts in CloudSpend and helps you understand your multi-cloud spending. You can set a custom date range, view cloud discounts, and schedule reports for your cost accounts. The Summary Report supports PDF and CSV formats. ### Track and manage GCP billing for your optimum cost-effective cloud solution **April 09, 2024** · **GCP** Get detailed visibility into your GCP usage patterns, resource utilization, and cost drivers with [CloudSpend-GCP integration](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/gcp-integration.html). Save your GCP cloud bills and gain effective chargebacks in a multi-cloud setup by grouping and understanding cloud costs. ### Gain deeper insights into your cloud spending with the Zia Anomaly Report **April 08, 2024** · **Feature** Receive comprehensive reports that provide actionable insights into detected cloud cost anomalies with the [Zia Anomaly Report](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/anomaly-report.html). It also enables you to identify unusual spikes in your cloud costs and take proactive decisions to avoid cost overruns. ## 2023 ### Gain valuable insights into your cloud spending, usage, and costs **June 21, 2023** · **Feature** Obtain automatically created, out-of-the-box reports for your organization after parsing your cloud bills with the [Reports](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/reports.html) feature. The automatically created reports based on tags such as Region, Service, and Linked Account provide you with the previous month's spending, the current month-to-date accrued cost, and the forecasted cost for every active, integrated cost account. ### Stay updated with the total number of resources integrated in your CloudSpend account **May 18, 2023** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** Keep track and obtain a real-time count of your resources, using the new Number of Resources widget in the [CloudSpend Accounts](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/) dashboard. It provides the total number of resources in all your cost accounts for the previous and the current month. ### View and obtain valuable insights about your top spending entities **May 18, 2023** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** Identify and manage the linked account, region, and service incurring the highest cost in the current month with the Top Spending widget. You can also get the cost data for the past six months with the graph widget. The Top Spending widget and graphical data are available in [CloudSpend Accounts](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/) and [Business Units](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/business-units.html) dashboard. ### Monitor your cloud services on the go with CloudSpend mobile app **March 27, 2023** · **Feature** Obtain deep insights about your cloud services and track cloud bills at your finger tips with the new [CloudSpend mobile application](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/mobile-app.html). Use the CloudSpend mobile app to keep track of your cloud infrastructure on the go and get instant alerts via push notifications on your phone.The CloudSpend mobile application is available for both [Android](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/mobile-app-android.html) and [iOS](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/mobile-app-ios.html) mobile devices. ### View scheduled reports in your preferred format **March 21, 2023** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** CloudSpend now supports CSV format for [schedule reports](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/schedule-report.html).Use reports to analyze the cost per user, team, project, and resource type based on consumption, and view them in either PDF or CSV formats. ### Manage your notifications and stay on top of important alerts **March 02, 2023** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** Stay alerted and manage multiple notifications at once with the new [Notifications](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/) feature. You can identify read and unread notifications, mark them all as read, and even change the status of read messages to unread. ## 2022 ### Predict your cloud bills and rightsize your resources **December 05, 2022** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** Estimate your cloud bills for your [AWS](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/aws-integrate.html) and [Azure](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/azure-integrate.html) accounts based on historical data collected from the past 90 days, and view them in the Accounts and the Business Unit dashboards, the Budget Details page, and the Resource Explorer view. Observe the forecast graph and plan your resource utilization to avoid cost overruns with the forecasting feature. ### Analyze your spend trends and rightsize your resources in a multi-cloud environment with CloudSpend Azure **June 16, 2022** · **Azure** Save your Azure cloud bills and gain effective chargebacks in a multi-cloud setup by grouping and understanding cloud costs. Control your cloud usage and get the most out of it with [CloudSpend Azure](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/azure-integrate.html). ### Tightly integrate your CloudSpend account with Site24x7 **March 01, 2022** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** [Integrate your CloudSpend account with Site24x7](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/) to: - Use the various IT Automation options like Start/Stop EC2 Instance. - Receive updates through third-party services like Slack, Microsoft Teams, ServiceNow etc. - Efficiently manage CloudSpend notifications using Site24x7 Alarms. ### Customize reports and enable Site24x7 integration **February 08, 2022** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** Use the new Account Settings option in the [CloudSpend Admin](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/site24x7-integration-aws-account.html) tab to customize your reports as per your preference. You can also integrate your CloudSpend account with Site24x7 to automate actions, use the supported third-party integrations, and manage budget notifications in Site24x7 Alarms. ## 2021 ### View your budget details in CloudSpend **November 30, 2021** · **Feature** [View your budget details in CloudSpend](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/budget.html) Obtain a bird's eye view of all the information related to your budgets. - Get a glimpse of all the historical data. - Schedule reports for the Budget Dashboard, Budget Details page, Recent Alerts, and for History section. - View all recent alerts and plan your budgets accordingly. - You can also configure budgets for two new budget periods-Daily and Forecast(Month). ### Gain insights on the pattern of your cloud expenses using historical data **November 05, 2021** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** Get monthly, quarterly, or yearly historical data related to your budget based on the configured period type using the [History](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/budget.html) section. Use the amount spent during that period (Usage Value), budgeted value, forecasted value, deviation from the budgeted amount, the pattern of spending, budget breaches, and the fluctuations from the budgeted amount to plan. ### Manage monthly budgets in an organized manner by configuring forecast-supported budget period **November 05, 2021** · **Feature** · **Enhancement** Use [Forecast (Month)](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/budget.html) to set the budgets based on the values obtained from the forecast predictions. This can help to ensure that the budget isn't exceeding or dropping below the forecasted amount for the month. ### Forecasting for CloudSpend **August 2021** · **Feature** - Obtain an idea about upcoming monthly expenditures using the Forecast feature. - Get month-end costs predicted based on the expenses accrued till date and scale your usage accordingly. - Use chargebacks to [view the forecasted split-up expenditures](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/business-units.html) for individual Business Units (BU) and take measures to not exceed the budget. ### Key-based authentication method deprecated for CloudSpend **July 2021** · **AWS** · **Enhancement** - Use the [role-based authentication method](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/aws-integrate.html) to provide CloudSpend programmatic access to your AWS resources. ### CloudSpend **March 2021** · **AWS** - Resource Explorer: View and search for AWS resource costs aggregated and paginated across various categories of a resource like Account, Service, or Region. - Connect your [Site24x7 AWS account](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/aws-integrate.html), and [MSP account](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/aws-integrate.html) directly with CloudSpend to obtain monitoring and cloud cost management from a single platform. ### CloudSpend **January 2021** · **Feature** - Analyze cloud costs accrued for your [linked accounts in AWS](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/aws-integrate.html). - Obtain the cloud cost available for a month based on the savings plan monthly estimate in the spend analysis section when the running month's first date to the current date is selected. - View a stacked area chart in the trend analysis section to obtain insights about the daily spending if the period is less than a month, with options to zoom in and zoom out. - View a stacked area chart in the resource explorer section to view the daily spending pattern based on the account, region, or service if the period is less than a month. - Obtain a responsive table in the resource explorer section to view the cost split up based on the account, region, or service when the period selected is more than ten days or ten months.