awesome-cloud-cost-control
# Awesome Cloud Cost Control [](https://awesome.re) > Awesome ways to control the cost of cloud. ## Contents - [Cloud Cost Management Tools and Services](#cloud-cost-management-tools-and-services) - AWS - [AWS Cost Calculators](#aws-cost-calculators) - [AWS Cloud Financial Management Services](#aws-cloud-financial-management-services) - [AWS Cloud Reporting Tools](#aws-cloud-reporting-tools) - Azure - [Azure Cost Calculators](#azure-cost-calculators) - [Azure Cloud Financial Management Services](#azure-cloud-financial-management-services) - GCP - [GCP Cost Calculators](#gcp-cost-calculators) - [GCP Cloud Financial Management Services](#gcp-cloud-financial-management-services) - Oracle Cloud - [Oracle Cloud Cost Calculators](#oracle-cloud-cost-calculators) - [Oracle Cloud Financial Management Services](#oracle-cloud-financial-management-services) - MultiCloud - [MultiCloud Governance](#multicloud-governance) - [MultiCloud Reporting Tools](#multicloud-reporting-tools) - [Cloud Cost Management Practices](#cloud-cost-management-practices) - AWS - [AWS Guides](#aws-guides) - [AWS Blogs](#aws-blogs) - [AWS Articles](#aws-articles) - [AWS Courses](#aws-courses) - Azure - [Azure Courses](#azure-courses) - GCP - [GCP Courses](#gcp-courses) - [Misc](#misc) ## Cloud Cost Management Tools and Services ### AWS #### AWS Cost Calculators - [AWS Pricing Calculator by AWS](https://calculator.aws/) - [AWS Cloud Cost Estimator by Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/docs/cloud/cost-estimation/aws.html) #### AWS Cloud Financial Management Services - Docs - [AWS Application Cost Profiler](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/application-cost-profiler/?id=docs_gateway) - [AWS Billing & Cost Management](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/account-billing/?id=docs_gateway) - [AWS Pricing Calculator](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pricing-calculator/?id=docs_gateway) - [AWS Savings Plans](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/savingsplans/?id=docs_gateway) - [Services](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/) - [AWS Cost Explorer](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/aws-cost-explorer/) - [AWS Budgets](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/aws-budgets/) - [AWS Cost & Usage Report](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/aws-cost-and-usage-reporting/) - [AWS Cost Categories](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/aws-cost-categories/) - [AWS Cost Anomaly Detection](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/aws-cost-anomaly-detection/) - [AWS Reserved Instance Reporting](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/reserved-instance-reporting/) - [AWS Purchase Order Management](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/aws-purchase-order-management/) - [AWS Application Cost Profiler](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/aws-application-cost-profiler/) - Solutions - [AWS Strategic IT Planning & Evaluation](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/strategic-IT-planning-and-evaluation/) - [AWS Manage Billing and Control Cost](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/manage-billing-and-control-cost/) - [AWS Track and allocate your IT Costs](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/track-and-allocate-your-IT-costs/) - [AWS Optimize and Save your IT costs](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/aws-cost-optimization/) - Misc - [AWS Cost Management Resources](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/resources/) - [AWS Cost Management FAQ](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/faqs/) #### AWS Cloud Reporting Tools - [AWS Thrifty Mod](https://github.com/turbot/steampipe-mod-aws-thrifty) ### Azure #### Azure Cost Calculators - [Azure Calculator by NetApp](https://cloud.netapp.com/azure-calculator) - [Azure Pricing Calculator by Microsoft](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/) - [Azure Cloud Cost Estimator by Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/docs/cloud/cost-estimation/azure.html) #### Azure Cloud Financial Management Services - Docs - Services ### GCP #### GCP Cost Calculators - [Google Cloud Pricing Calculator by Google](https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator/) - [Google Cloud Cost Estimator by Terraform](https://www.terraform.io/docs/cloud/cost-estimation/gcp.html) #### GCP Cloud Financial Management Services - Docs - [GCP Cost Management](https://cloud.google.com/cost-management/) - Services ### Oracle Cloud #### Oracle Cloud Cost Calculators - [Oracle Cloud Cost Estimator by Oracle](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/cost-estimator.html) #### Oracle Cloud Financial Management Services - Docs - Services ### MultiCloud #### MultiCloud Financial Management & Governance - [Cloud Custodian](https://github.com/cloud-custodian/cloud-custodian) - [Mist Cloud Management Platform](https://github.com/mistio/mist-ce) - [Koku](https://github.com/project-koku/koku) - [Spot by NetApp (Previously CloudCheckr)](https://spot.io/) - [CloudAdmin](https://www.cloudadmin.io/) - [Flexera](https://www.flexera.com/) - [Apptio by IBM](https://www.apptio.com/products/cloudability/) - [Densify](https://www.densify.com/) - [nOps](https://www.nops.io/) #### MultiCloud Reporting Tools - [Cloud Keeper](https://github.com/someengineering/cloudkeeper) - [Infra Cost](https://github.com/infracost/infracost) ## Cloud Cost Management Practices ### AWS #### AWS Guides - [AWS Well-Architected Framework: Management and Governance Lens](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/management-and-governance-lens/management-and-governance-lens.html) - [AWS Well-Architected Framework: Cloud Financial Management](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/management-and-governance-lens/cloudfinancialmanagement.html) - [AWS Well-Architected Framework: Cost Optimization Pillar](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/cost-optimization-pillar/welcome.html) - [Tagging Best Practices: Implement an Effective AWS Resource Tagging Strategy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/tagging-best-practices/welcome.html) #### AWS Blogs - [AWS Cost Management Blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/) #### AWS Articles - Series - Cost Allocation Series - [Cost Allocation Blog Series #1: Cost Allocation Basics That You Need to Know](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/cost-allocation-basics-that-you-need-to-know/) - [Cost Allocation Blog Series #2: AWS-Generated vs. User-Defined Cost Allocation Tag](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/cost-allocation-blog-series-2-aws-generated-vs-user-defined-cost-allocation-tag/) - [Cost Allocation Blog Series #3: Enforce and Validate AWS Resource Tags](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/cost-allocation-blog-series-3-enforce-and-validate-aws-resource-tags/) - [Cost Allocation Blog Series #4: Visualize Data Transfer Costs with Cost and Usage Reports, Athena, and QuickSight](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/cost-allocation-blog-series-4-visualize-data-transfer-costs-with-cost-and-usage-reports-athena-and-quicksight/) - [Cost Allocation Blog Series #5: Building an AWS cost allocation strategy with Apptio Cloudability](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/building-an-aws-cost-allocation-strategy-with-apptio-cloudability/) - Cost Control Series - [Cost Control Blog Series #1: Good intentions don’t work, but cost control mechanisms do!](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/good-intentions-dont-work-but-cost-control-mechanisms-do/) - [Cost Control Blog Series #2: Automate Cost Control using AWS Service Catalog and AWS Budgets](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/cost-control-blog-series-2-automate-cost-control-using-aws-service-catalog-aws-budgets/) - 2021 - [Trends Dashboard with AWS Cost and Usage Reports, Amazon Athena and Amazon QuickSight](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/trends-dashboard-with-aws-cost-and-usage-reports-amazon-athena-and-amazon-quicksight/) - [Introducing AWS Application Cost Profiler, offering user-based cost data of shared AWS resources](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/introducing-aws-application-cost-profiler-offering-user-based-cost-data-of-shared-aws-resources/) - [Upgrade Amazon Elasticsearch Service Domains to the Latest Instance Types to Optimize Your Costs](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/upgrade-amazon-elasticsearch-domains-to-the-latest-instance-types-to-optimize-your-costs/) - [Cost Tagging and Reporting with AWS Organizations](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/cost-tagging-and-reporting-with-aws-organizations/) - [How unit metrics help create alignment between business functions](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/unit-metrics-help-create-alignment-between-business-functions/) - [Discovering and Deleting Incomplete Multipart Uploads to Lower Amazon S3 Costs](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/discovering-and-deleting-incomplete-multipart-uploads-to-lower-amazon-s3-costs/) - [Unit metrics in practice – lessons learned](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/unit-metrics-in-practice-lessons-learned/) - [Selecting a unit metric to support your business](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/selecting-a-unit-metric-to-support-your-business/) - [Update: Amazon ECS Product Name Change in the AWS Billing and Cost Management](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/update-amazon-ecs-product-name-change-in-the-aws-billing-and-cost-management/) - [Cost Reporting Based on AWS Organizations Account ID Tags](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/cost-reporting-based-on-aws-organizations-account-id-tags/) - [What is a unit metric?](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/what-is-a-unit-metric/) - [Unit Metric – The Touchstone of your IT Planning and Evaluation](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/unit-metric-the-touchstone-of-your-it-planning-and-evaluation/) - [Finding savings from 2020 re:Invent announcements](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/finding-savings-from-2020-reinvent-announcements/) - [How to estimate your AWS WAF and AWS Shield Advanced cost?](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/estimate-your-aws-waf-and-aws-shield-advanced-cost/) - [A Conversation with Duda’s DevOps team](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/a-conversation-with-dudas-devops-team/) - [We want to hear from you!](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/customer-feedback-success-stories/) - 2020 - [Announcing General Availability of AWS Cost Anomaly Detection](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/announcing-general-availability-of-aws-cost-anomaly-detection/) - [Echoing Andy’s AWS re:Invent 2020 Keynote for Technology Financial Management Success](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/echoing-andys-2020-reinvent-keynote-for-technology-financial-management/) - [Cost Control Blog Series #2: Automate Cost Control using AWS Service Catalog and AWS Budgets](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/cost-control-blog-series-2-automate-cost-control-using-aws-service-catalog-aws-budgets/) - [Take a sneak peek at AWS re:Invent 2020 Cloud Financial Management Sessions](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/take-a-sneak-peek-at-2020-reinvent-cost-management-sessions/) - [Launch: Savings Plans Expiration and Queued Alerts now available in AWS Cost Management](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-savings-plans-expiration-and-queued-alerts-now-available-in-aws-cost-management/) - [Launch: AWS Marketplace Vendor Metered Tagging](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-aws-marketplace-vendor-metered-tagging/) - [Adapting procurement to payment (P2P) with AWS Purchase Order Management](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/adapting-procurement-to-payment-with-aws-purchase-order-management/) - [Cost Control Blog Series #1: Good intentions don’t work, but cost control mechanisms do!](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/good-intentions-dont-work-but-cost-control-mechanisms-do/) - [AWS Well-Architected Cost Optimization Labs Updated](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/well-architected-cost-optimization-labs-updated/) - [Launch: AWS Budgets Actions](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/get-started-with-aws-budgets-actions/) - [Cost Allocation Blog Series #5: Building an AWS cost allocation strategy with Apptio Cloudability](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/building-an-aws-cost-allocation-strategy-with-apptio-cloudability/) - [Preview: Anomaly Detection and alerting now available in AWS Cost Management](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/preview-anomaly-detection-and-alerting-now-available-in-aws-cost-management/) - [Cost Allocation Blog Series #4: Visualize Data Transfer Costs with Cost and Usage Reports, Athena, and QuickSight](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/cost-allocation-blog-series-4-visualize-data-transfer-costs-with-cost-and-usage-reports-athena-and-quicksight/) - [Launch: Daily Cost and Usage Budgets](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-daily-cost-and-usage-budgets/) - [Cost Allocation Blog Series #3: Enforce and Validate AWS Resource Tags](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/cost-allocation-blog-series-3-enforce-and-validate-aws-resource-tags/) - [Cost Allocation Blog Series #2: AWS-Generated vs. User-Defined Cost Allocation Tag](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/cost-allocation-blog-series-2-aws-generated-vs-user-defined-cost-allocation-tag/) - [Cost Allocation Blog Series #1: Cost Allocation Basics That You Need to Know](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/cost-allocation-basics-that-you-need-to-know/) - [Update: Elastic Load Balancing Code Change](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/update-elastic-load-balancing-code-change/) - [Getting Started with AWS Purchase Order Management](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/preview-aws-purchase-order-management/) - [Cost Explorer Forecasting API Improvement](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/update-cost-explorer-forecasting-api-improvement/) - [Launch: Cloud Financial Management services available in China](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-cloud-financial-management-services-in-china/) - [What’s New in the AWS Well-Architected Cost Optimization Pillar](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-aws-well-architected-framework-cost-optimization-pillar/) - [How to build a chargeback/showback model for Savings Plans using the CUR](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/how-to-build-a-chargeback-showback-model-for-savings-plans-using-the-cur/) - [Launch: Cost Management on AWS Console Mobile Application](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-cost-management-on-aws-console-mobile-application/) - [Getting Started: Tracking AWS Cost Management Metrics](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/getting-started-tracking-aws-cost-management-metrics/) - [Leveraging the CFM lever to move your business world](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/leveraging-the-cfm-lever-to-move-your-business-world/) - [Organize your cost and usage data with AWS Cost Categories](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/organize-your-cost-and-usage-data-with-aws-cost-categories/) - [AWS Cost Explorer Rightsizing Recommendations Integrates with AWS Compute Optimizer](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-aws-cost-explorer-rightsizing-recommendations-integrates-with-aws-compute-optimizer/) - [Launch: Savings Plans Recommendations for Member (Linked) Accounts](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-savings-plans-recommendations-for-member-linked-accounts/) - [Cost Considerations for Global Deployments](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/cost-considerations-for-global-deployments/) - [Manage your Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) costs using AWS Budgets](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/manage-your-amazon-elastic-file-system-efs-costs-using-aws-budgets/) - [Launch: Compute Savings Plans now cover AWS Lambda Usage](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-compute-savings-plans-now-cover-aws-lambda-usage/) - [Public Beta: AWS Cost Categories](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/public-beta-aws-cost-categories/) - [Customer Obsession: AWS Cost & Usage Report Technical Documentation](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/customer-obsession-cost-usage-report-technical-documentation/) - [Getting Started with AWS Savings Plans](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/getting-started-with-aws-savings-plans/) - 2019 - [Back to Basics: Getting Started with AWS Billing Console](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/back-to-basics-getting-started-with-the-billing-console/) - [Launch: Controlling AWS CloudTrail Costs Using AWS KMS Event Filtering](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-controlling-aws-cloudtrail-costs-using-aws-kms-event-filtering/) - [Cost Management at re:Invent: Key Takeaways](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/aws-cost-management-at-reinvent-key-takeaways/) - [Cost Management at re:Invent: Savings Plans, Cost Categories, and more!](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/reinvent-round-up-savings-plans-cost-categories-and-more/) - [Student Focus: Keeping an Eye on Your AWS Costs and Usage](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/student-focus-keeping-an-eye-on-your-aws-costs-and-usage/) - [Understanding your AWS Cost Datasets: A Cheat Sheet](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/understanding-your-aws-cost-datasets-a-cheat-sheet/) - [Cloud Economics Sessions at AWS re:Invent 2019](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/cloud-economics-sessions-at-aws-reinvent-2019/) - [Tips and Tricks for Exploring your Data in AWS Cost Explorer](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/tips-and-tricks-for-exploring-your-data-in-aws-cost-explorer-part-2/) - [Launch: AWS Service Catalog Integration with AWS Budgets](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-aws-service-catalog-integration-with-aws-budgets/) - [Launch: AWS Budgets Integration with AWS Chatbot](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-aws-budgets-integration-with-aws-chatbot/) - [Monitoring your AWS Marketplace Costs and Usage](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/monitoring-your-aws-marketplace-costs-and-usage/) - [Launch: Resource Optimization Recommendations](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-resource-optimization-recommendations/) - [Launch: Usage-Based Forecasting now Available in AWS Cost Explorer](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-usage-based-forecasting-now-available-in-aws-cost-explorer/) - [Launch: AWS Budgets Reports](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-aws-budgets-reports/) - [Querying your AWS Cost and Usage Report using Amazon Athena](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/querying-your-aws-cost-and-usage-report-using-amazon-athena/) - [Launch: Instance Family Coverage Budgets](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-instance-family-coverage-budgets/) - [A Quick Overview of AWS Payment Methods](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/a-quick-overview-of-aws-payment-methods/) - [Launch: Variable Budget Targets for Cost and Usage Budgets](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-variable-budget-targets-for-cost-and-usage-budgets/) - [Getting Started with AWS Cost Explorer](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/getting-started-with-aws-cost-explorer-part-1/) - [Launch: Reservation Expiration Alerts](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/launch-reservation-expiration-alerts/) - [A Beginner’s Guide to AWS Cost Management](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/beginners-guide-to-aws-cost-management/) - [Hello, World! Welcome to the AWS Cost Management Blog.](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws-cost-management/hello-world-new-aws-cost-management-blog/) #### AWS Courses - ACloudGuru - [AWS Business Essentials](https://acloudguru.com/course/aws-business-essentials) - [AWS Cost Optimization Deep Dive](https://acloudguru.com/course/aws-cloud-services-and-infrastructure-cost-optimization-deep-dive) ### Azure #### Azure Courses - ACloudGuru - [Cost Control on Azure](https://acloudguru.com/course/cost-control-on-azure) ### GCP #### GCP Courses - ACloudGuru - [Cost Control on GCP](https://acloudguru.com/course/cost-control-on-gcp) - Coursera - [Optimizing Your Google Cloud Costs](https://www.coursera.org/learn/gcp-cost-optimization) ## Misc - [Awesome Cloud Cost Control](https://github.com/Funkmyster/awesome-cloud-cost-control.git) - [Awesome Cloud Security](https://github.com/Funkmyster/awesome-cloud-security) ## Contribute Contributions welcome! Read the [contribution guidelines](contributing.md) first.