Cost visibility & allocation

Every cloud dollar, owned by someone.

Q: Do we need perfect tagging to get value?

No. Virtual tags let you allocate spend using accounts, projects, Kubernetes labels, naming conventions and other metadata. Most customers reach 95–100% allocation in the first two weeks without changing a single resource tag.

Q: Which cost sources can we bring in?

AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, Alibaba Cloud and IBM Cloud; every major Kubernetes distribution; AI providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock and Vertex AI; and SaaS platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Datadog and MongoDB Atlas. Anything else can be uploaded as CSV or FOCUS files. See all integrations.

Q: Can we run chargeback, not just showback?

Yes. Define allocation rules once, then publish monthly chargeback statements per business unit with line-item detail, export them to your ERP or share them as scheduled reports.

Q: How far back does history go?

We ingest up to 36 months of history where your providers make it available, and re-apply allocation rules across all of it.

CarnotCloud unifies billing from every cloud, cluster, AI provider and SaaS tool into one bill-accurate ledger — then allocates 100% of it to the teams, products and customers that drive it. No tagging project required.

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Cost by business unitIncludes shared costs, support & credits · September

100% allocated

Virtual tagging rules

IF account ∈ prod-payments-* OR tag:service ~ "pay*" → BU = PaymentsSPLIT shared EKS + support fees BY cpu-hours → all BUs

100%

of spend allocated — including shared, untagged and support costs

99.9%

reconciliation with your invoices, net of discounts and credits

<24 hrs

from connection to a complete, allocated cost model

Capabilities

What you get with Cost Visibility & Allocation

One ledger for every cost

AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle, Kubernetes, OpenAI, Anthropic, Snowflake, Databricks, Datadog and more — normalized to the FOCUS standard.

Virtual tagging

Fix missing and inconsistent tags with rules on accounts, labels, resource names and metadata. Changes apply retroactively, with no redeploys.

Shared-cost splitting

Split support fees, shared clusters, networking, data platforms and credits by usage, headcount, revenue or any custom driver.

Showback & chargeback

Publish invoice-ready cost statements per business unit, with amortized and blended views your finance team already trusts.

Business hierarchies

Model org charts, products, environments and cost centers as live hierarchies that update when your organization does.

Dashboards for every role

Executive, FinOps, engineering and finance views out of the box — plus a drag-and-drop builder and scheduled reports.

Allocation without the tagging project

Turn “unallocated” into a rounding error

Most organizations can’t attribute 30–40% of their cloud bill. CarnotCloud’s allocation engine combines your tags with account structure, Kubernetes labels and usage telemetry — and lets you fill every gap with rules.

Rule-based virtual tags with full audit history
Tag coverage and hygiene scoring per team
Retroactive re-allocation across 13+ months of history
Kubernetes namespace, label and pod-level allocation

Cost by business unitIncludes shared costs, support & credits · September

100% allocated

Virtual tagging rules

IF account ∈ prod-payments-* OR tag:service ~ "pay*" → BU = PaymentsSPLIT shared EKS + support fees BY cpu-hours → all BUs

Bill-accurate, always

Numbers finance signs off on

Every view reconciles to the invoice — net of Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, EDP and MACC discounts, credits, refunds and marketplace fees. Switch between amortized, net, blended and list cost in one click.

Amortized, net amortized, blended and unblended views
Enterprise discount and private-pricing support
Multi-currency with daily FX conversion
FOCUS 1.2-compliant export to your warehouse

Cloud cost per 1,000 ordersUnit cost · trailing 12 months

−36%

Cost per 1K orders

$3.06

↓ 36% YoY

Cost per active customer

$0.41

↓ 18% YoY

Cloud COGS / revenue

9.8%

↓ 3.1 pts

100% of spend allocated in 14 days

“We went from 61% of our AWS bill allocated to 100% in two weeks. For the first time, every GM sees their own cloud P&L — and acts on it without being chased.”

Priya R.VP, Cloud Platform, Global fintech

FAQ

Cost Visibility & Allocation: common questions

Do we need perfect tagging to get value?

No. Virtual tags let you allocate spend using accounts, projects, Kubernetes labels, naming conventions and other metadata. Most customers reach 95–100% allocation in the first two weeks without changing a single resource tag.

Which cost sources can we bring in?

AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, Alibaba Cloud and IBM Cloud; every major Kubernetes distribution; AI providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Bedrock and Vertex AI; and SaaS platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Datadog and MongoDB Atlas. Anything else can be uploaded as CSV or FOCUS files. See all integrations.

Can we run chargeback, not just showback?

Yes. Define allocation rules once, then publish monthly chargeback statements per business unit with line-item detail, export them to your ERP or share them as scheduled reports.

How far back does history go?

We ingest up to 36 months of history where your providers make it available, and re-apply allocation rules across all of it.

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