Azure Cost Management

Azure Cost Management

Microsoft Azure

Azure Cost Management

Track and analyse Azure spending across your subscriptions. View cost distribution, generate detailed usage reports, and configure alerts to stay within budget.

Overview

Azure Cost Management in Cloudmon gives you visibility into spending across all monitored subscriptions from a single view. To get started, navigate to Cloud → Azure → [Select Account] → Cost Management.

Cost Management allows you to:

  • Track total Azure spend across all subscriptions and services
  • View spend broken down by service, location, and subscription
  • Generate detailed cost and usage reports with configurable granularity and grouping
  • Configure alerts to notify you when spending exceeds defined thresholds

Benefits of Cost Management in Cloudmon

  • Gain full visibility into Azure spending across all subscriptions and services from a single dashboard.
  • Switch between daily and monthly granularity to identify spending trends and spot unexpected cost spikes early.
  • The top spending services and locations are highlighted, making it easy to identify cost drivers at a glance.
  • Configure budget threshold alerts to be notified before costs exceed defined limits.

Troubleshooting

SymptomLikely CauseFix
Azure spend is unexpectedly highA specific service or region is driving unexpected costsNavigate to Cloud → Azure → [Account] → Cost Management and review the Top Spending Services and Top Spending Locations panels
No alert received before overspend occurredBudget threshold alerts are not configured or thresholds are set too highGo to the Settings tab and configure or tighten threshold alerts to catch future overspend earlier
Cost data appears stale or outdatedThe next scheduled polling cycle has not yet runUse the Fetch Data On Demand option in the Settings tab to trigger an immediate cost data refresh
Cost and Usage Report shows no dataCost Management was not selected as a monitored service during Azure account setupEdit the Azure account from Settings → Monitoring → Probes → Azure and enable Cost Management as a monitored service
Issue not resolved by the aboveMay require Cloudmon support assistanceClick the icon in the bottom-right corner of Cloudmon. Select Tickets to raise a support ticket or Chat for live assistance
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