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Azure compute is typically billed per second, with costs varying based on the VM series (e.g., D-Series vs. B-Series), the region, and the OS. To reduce costs, organizations often use Azure Reserved VM Instances for steady-state workloads or Spot VMs for interruptible tasks. Finout helps you monitor these different pricing models in real-time to ensure your commitment coverage is optimized.

The Azure Hybrid Benefit allows you to use your existing on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses with Software Assurance to pay a reduced rate on Azure. This can result in significant savings, but it adds a layer of complexity to cost reporting. Finout automatically accounts for these benefits, giving you a clear view of your actual net spend across all instances.

Shared resources—such as Azure ExpressRoute, support plans, or shared storage accounts—are often difficult to attribute to specific departments. Finout’s Shared Cost feature allows you to define custom logic to split and reallocate these expenses across your organization based on actual usage metrics or fixed percentages, ensuring 100% showback accuracy.

While inbound data transfer is generally free, Azure charges for outbound data (egress) moving between regions or out of the Azure network. These costs can spike unexpectedly. Using Finout, you can set granular alerts to detect egress anomalies early, preventing "bill shock" before the end of the month.

Yes. This is where Finout shines. Our MegaBill integrates Azure costs with AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Snowflake, and even Datadog. This unified view eliminates the need to jump between different cloud consoles and allows you to build cross-cloud unit economics, such as "Cost per Customer" regardless of where the infrastructure lives.