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For Azure and Azure Virtual Desktop teams

Your cloud bill,
explained.

Cloud providers show you what you spent. Costframe shows where it went, who is responsible for it and what deserves a closer look.

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Read-only cloud access From €199 a month, excluding VAT

Cost overviewExample data
Net billed cost · September 2026 · EUR€84,240.60+€6,628.20 vs August (8.5%)
  • Production€56,148.25
  • Sandbox€16,848.12
  • Shared services€11,244.23
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Microsoft AzureGenerally availableAWSPrivate pilotGoogle CloudPrivate previewCloud accessRead-only. Your team makes the changes.

Most cost questions start with a total. Follow one charge from the bill to the evidence.

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Cloud bill

September 2026 · EURAll subscriptions
Net billed cost
€84,240.60

August €77,612.40 · +€6,628.20 (8.5%)

  • ProductionLargest increase€56,148.25+€3,962.33
  • Sandbox€16,848.12+€1,704.28
  • Shared services€11,244.23+€961.59

All subscriptions in scope

Subscription

September 2026 · EURProduction
Production
€56,148.25

+€3,962.33 vs August · 59.8% of the increase

  • vm-api-02Largest itemized charge€12,482.36
  • sql-orders€8,764.20
  • store-data€3,961.08
  • disk-retention · Unallocated€648.52
  • Other subscription charges€30,292.09
  • vm-api-02Largest itemized charge€12,482.36
  • sql-orders€8,764.20
  • Other subscription charges€34,901.69

Resource-level history is not part of this sample.

Resource

September 2026 · EURProduction
vm-api-02
€12,482.36

Virtual machine · rg-commerce · West Europe

Service
Compute
Share of Production
22.2%
Share of all subscriptions
14.81%
Currently mapped teamCommerce platform · ENG-01

Net billed. Provider ActualCost.

Currently mapped team

September 2026 · EURItemized scope
Commerce platform · ENG-01Configured mapping
€21,246.56
  • vm-api-02€12,482.36
  • sql-orders€8,764.20

63.4% of itemized resource charges (€33,521.17)

Current mapping. Not proof of who owned it in August.
A mapping attributes cost. It grants no access.

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Evidence

September 2026 · EURvm-api-02
Evidence for vm-api-02
Billing
Collected
Inventory
Collected
Ownership
Configured mapping
Utilization
Not collected
Supports

The charge, its configuration, its current owner.

Doesn’t support

Whether vm-api-02 is oversized.

Ask Commerce platform for utilization before any sizing decision.

Costframe reads. Your team decides and makes any change.

Explore a demo audit How findings are reviewed

Know what each desktop costs. Review AVD costs by person and cost center.

Follow linked VM and disk charges for a selected billing period. Keep shared costs, unassigned desktops and gaps in historical responsibility visible.

AVD cost per person Cost-center allocation

Find the answer your review needs.

Native tools show the bill. Costframe connects it to resources, owners and evidence, so finance and engineering work from the same facts.

Your clouds

Microsoft AzureGenerally availableAWSPrivate pilotGoogle CloudPrivate preview
Costframe

Reads

  • Billing and cost data
  • Resource inventory
  • Tags and mappings
  • Utilization, where exposed
Read-only access

What your teams get

Cost investigationOwnership and chargebackOpportunities with evidenceFinancial review and CSVReview notes for your team

Read-only, by design. Costframe reads billing, inventory and available utilization. It never resizes, deletes or deploys; your team makes every change through its own process.

Security approach Compared with Azure Cost Management

Start with the cloud you already run. Connect with read-only access, run your first audit and review it with your team.

  1. Connect

    Add the Azure subscriptions you want in scope with an app registration that holds two standard read roles. The guide covers permissions and validation.

    Azure connectionRead-only
    • Reader Assigned
    • Cost Management Reader Assigned
    • Subscriptions in scope3

  2. Collect

    Costframe gathers costs, inventory and available utilization, and lists what it could not reach instead of filling the gap.

    First auditSeptember 2026
    • Billing 6 months
    • Inventory 9 resources
    • Utilization 1 of 9, CPU only

  3. Review

    Map owners, read the evidence and agree with the owning teams what deserves a closer look.

    Ready to reviewSeptember 2026
    • Resources with an owner7 of 9
    • Unallocated€1,005.32
    • Review candidates1 · needs review
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