CloudForecast
About CloudForecast
CloudForecast is an AWS cost management tool that automates daily and monthly cost reporting, providing actionable insights to prevent unexpected billing increases. By enabling teams to filter and customize reports based on sub-accounts and tags, it enhances visibility and accountability in AWS spending for Engineering, DevOps, and Infra teams.
```xml <problem> Engineering, DevOps, and infrastructure teams often struggle with the complexity of AWS Cost Explorer, making it difficult to proactively monitor and manage cloud spending. Identifying the root cause of cost overruns and allocating costs across teams requires significant manual effort and time. This lack of visibility can lead to unexpected billing increases and hinder efficient resource allocation. </problem> <solution> CloudForecast is an AWS cost management platform that automates daily and monthly cost reporting, providing actionable insights to help teams prevent unexpected billing increases and optimize cloud spending. The platform offers customizable reports that can be filtered by sub-accounts and tags, enabling granular visibility into AWS costs across different teams and projects. By proactively highlighting critical areas of overspend and providing tools for root cause analysis, CloudForecast empowers teams to understand and manage their AWS costs effectively. The platform integrates with Slack and Microsoft Teams to deliver cost reports directly to team communication channels, fostering transparency and accountability. </solution> <features> - Automated daily and monthly AWS cost reports delivered via email, Slack, or Microsoft Teams - Customizable reports that can be filtered by AWS sub-accounts, tags, and resources - "Why?" drill-down table to investigate the root cause of cost increases - Tagging compliance reports to ensure accurate cost allocation - ZeroWaste report to identify idle and underutilized resources - AWS cost dashboard for a high-level overview of cloud spending - Reserved Instances and Savings Plans monitoring to optimize cost savings - Integration with ProsperOps to view ProsperOps metrics in CloudForecast reports </features> <target_audience> CloudForecast is designed for Engineering, DevOps, SRE, and infrastructure teams that need a simple and effective way to manage and optimize their AWS cloud spending. </target_audience> <revenue_model> CloudForecast offers a tiered monthly subscription model, with plans such as Hacker at $99/month and Growth at $299/month, as well as custom Enterprise plans. </revenue_model> ```
What does CloudForecast do?
CloudForecast is an AWS cost management tool that automates daily and monthly cost reporting, providing actionable insights to prevent unexpected billing increases. By enabling teams to filter and customize reports based on sub-accounts and tags, it enhances visibility and accountability in AWS spending for Engineering, DevOps, and Infra teams.
Where is CloudForecast located?
CloudForecast is based in San Francisco, United States.
When was CloudForecast founded?
CloudForecast was founded in 2017.
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 2017
- Employees
- 6 employees