Find the answer behind a charge.
Trace the bill to a resource, find the team to involve and inspect the evidence for a change. Start with the question your next review needs to answer.
Example dataFollow a charge to its source.
Choose a billing period and subscription. Review service trends and retained resource charges without losing the native currency or net-cost basis.
List pricing is separate context. An existing discount is never applied again to provider ActualCost.
Cost investigation| Subscription | August | September | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
Production
September itemized charges. Resource-level history is not part of this sample. | €52,185.92 | €56,148.25 | +€3,962.33 |
Sandbox
September itemized charges. Resource-level history is not part of this sample. | €15,143.84 | €16,848.12 | +€1,704.28 |
Shared services
September itemized charges. Resource-level history is not part of this sample. | €10,282.64 | €11,244.23 | +€961.59 |
| Net billed cost | €77,612.40 | €84,240.60 | +€6,628.20 |
Put responsibility beside the spending.
Configured tags and mappings connect resources to teams and cost centers. Unallocated costs stay in view until the mapping is resolved.
Dated evidence and customer review are required for historical responsibility. An assignment never grants access or approval authority.
Ownership and allocation- Resourcevm-api-02
- TagConfigured ownership context
- MappingCommerce platform
- Cost centerENG-01
Unallocated €1,005.32
Current mapping. Not proof of historical responsibility. A mapping grants no access.
Check the evidence before deciding.
Each finding carries available evidence, confidence, estimated impact and the signals still missing. Governance and security findings can matter while adding no direct savings.
Your team reviews and implements changes. Closing a task does not verify a financial outcome.
Findings and evidenceSizing investigation
vm-build-07
Observed CPU
22% sample peak
Not collected
- Memory
- Disk IOPS
- Peak build requirements
Unavailable is not the same as passing.
Next: confirm the workload
Review memory, disk performance and peak build needs with Developer experience before testing a smaller size.
€1,090.00 / month estimated · September 2026 · EUR · Sandbox
Close the month with a matching record.
Keep source, selected scope, currency and period attached to financial reviews and authorized CSV exports. Reviewable handoffs retain the finding’s context.
General audit PDF is unavailable during the controlled launch. Dedicated AVD reports have separate formats and authorization.
Reporting and exportsAll subscriptions · EUR · Provider ActualCost
- Production
- €56,148.25
- Sandbox
- €16,848.12
- Shared services
- €11,244.23
- Net billed cost
- €84,240.60
Reconciles to the included scope
Estimates, approved work, implementation and verified results remain separate.
Ask a question. Keep the sources.
Ask AI Advisor to explain a finding or summarize the sources you can access. Its answer points to the evidence; your team approves changes and checks their results.
Growth and Enterprise include AI Advisor. Daily or weekly scheduling also depends on the plan; manual audits remain available on Starter.
Explore AI AdvisorWhy is Production higher in September?
Production net billed cost was €56,148.25 in September, €3,962.33 more than August (€52,185.92). The largest itemized charge is vm-api-02 at €12,482.36, mapped to Commerce platform (ENG-01). Utilization for vm-api-02 is not in this sample, so I can’t say whether it is oversized.
- Azure billing · Sep 2026
- Resource inventory
- Cost-center mappings
AI Advisor is included in Growth and Enterprise.
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