Getting started.

Follow these six steps to create a workspace, connect a read-only provider, scan your configuration, and start reviewing findings.

Create your account

Start from pricing or the signup page. Starter and Growth are self-serve; Enterprise remains contact-sales because it may include custom legal, identity, or deployment requirements. Any evaluation workspace should be confirmed in-product or in writing.

Create your workspace

Create a Clerk organization for the customer workspace. Stripe checkout for Starter or Growth runs after the workspace exists, because billing is scoped to the organization.

Connect a provider

Start with Azure for the most complete provider coverage. AWS and GCP are readiness-gated provider paths with documented limitations and read-only validation.

Run an audit

Trigger an on-demand run. Growth and Enterprise can also enable daily, weekly, or monthly scheduled audits where supported by the provider connection.

Review findings

Sort by impact, risk, or type. Mark items actioned as your team applies changes.

Export & align

Workspaces with the required export entitlement can generate the executive PDF or CSV for budget review. If an export is unavailable, the product shows the plan or permission gate instead of implying the file was created.

Developer Quickstart: Verify API Access

Query active audits and findings programmatically via the Costframe REST API. Execute the following command with your authenticated Clerk token:

curl -X GET "https://api.costframe.co/v1/audits" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <clerk-jwt-token>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"