# CloudSpend Checks for smarter budgetary outcomes

Take control of your cloud budgets and expenses with CloudSpend's powerful Checks feature.

## What are Checks?

Checks in CloudSpend provide proactive budget and forecast monitoring across AWS, Azure, and GCP accounts. By setting custom spending thresholds and anomaly deviation limits, you receive real-time alerts when actual usage deviates from expectations. AI-enhanced detection filters out noise to surface only meaningful alerts, reducing fatigue. Checks also enable seamless show-back and chargeback, letting you track budgets at the account, business unit, or report level. This empowers FinOps teams to enforce budget compliance, investigate unusual spend immediately, and maintain financial control across multi-cloud environments without manual monitoring.

## Experience seamless cloud cost management like never before

From detecting anomalies to managing budgets across AWS, Azure, and GCP accounts, CloudSpend ensures you're always one step ahead in optimizing cloud costs. Stay informed, act fast, and save smart with proactive cost monitoring.

### Simplified cost management

### Predictive budgets and anomalies

The Checks feature in CloudSpend empowers you to manage and [monitor budgets](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/budgets.html) and [forecasts](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/forecasting.html) across all your cost accounts. By setting budget thresholds and analyzing spending patterns, you gain full control over your cloud finances. Whether it's monitoring accounts, business units, or detailed reports, CloudSpend keeps you informed and prepared.

- Set custom budget thresholds for accounts or business units.
- Monitor spending patterns in real-time.
- Detect irregularities and anomalies proactively.

![Predictive budgets and forecasts](https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/cloudspend/cs-checks-predictive.svg)

### AI-Powered Anomaly Detection

### Smarter insights with AI

Harness the power of AI to spot unusual spending patterns with precision. CloudSpend's [AI-driven anomaly detection](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/anomaly-detection.html) evaluates deviations and permissible limits, reducing alert fatigue and keeping you focused on actionable insights.

- Identify irregular cloud expenditures promptly.
- Receive meaningful alerts without the noise.
- Understand spending deviations and take corrective measures swiftly.

![Smarter insights with AI](https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/cloudspend/cs-checks-smarter.svg)

### Real-world applications

### Tailored for your cloud ecosystem

Struggling to manage multiple cloud accounts on AWS, Azure, or GCP? CloudSpend's Checks feature simplifies the complexity of multi-cloud environments by automating budget monitoring and anomaly detection. With CloudSpend Checks, you can optimize chargebacks, streamline show backs, and achieve accurate financial tracking across your organization.

- Configure budget thresholds and anomaly deviation percentages for each account, business unit, or report.
- Get automatic alerts when spending exceeds limits.
- Detect and address cost spikes effectively to maintain budget compliance.

![Tailored for your cloud ecosystem](https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/cloudspend/cs-checks-tailored.svg)

### AI-powered budget outcomes

### Benefits that make a difference

The Checks feature is your ultimate tool for maintaining control over cloud expenses. [Stay within your budget](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/features/budgets.html) thresholds with continuous monitoring and gain clarity on spending deviations for faster decision-making.

- Receive alerts only when thresholds or anomaly limits are exceeded.
- Uncover insights into cloud expenditures for better financial control.
- Realign budgets and investigate issues effectively using detailed reports.

![Benefits that make a difference](https://cdn.manageengine.com/sites/meweb/images/cloudspend/cs-checks-benefits.svg)

## Featured resources

### Blog

### How CloudSpend's Checks solves inconsistent budgetary outcomes

The Checks feature simplifies cloud cost management by enabling proactive budgeting and anomaly detection across cloud accounts.

[Read more](https://blogs.manageengine.com/cloudspend/2024/12/27/cloudspend-checks.html)

### Articles

### In-depth guides to FinOps

Go deep on cost optimization, tagging, governance, AI spend, and more, with practical guidance you can act on.

[Read articles](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/articles/)

### FinOps Glossary

### Cloud cost terms, made clear

Look up the FinOps, cloud cost, and AI spend terms your team keeps running into, explained in plain language.

[Browse the glossary](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/finops-glossary/)

### User Guide

### Help and documentation

Get set up quickly and learn how to use every CloudSpend feature, step by step.

[Read more](https://www.manageengine.com/cloudspend/help/checks-overview.html)