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Azure bill up again?Know why in 7 days.

3 to 5 ranked cost decisions from an Azure expert, for growing companies.

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An Irish energy-tech company
Azure bill over time The monthly Azure bill held level, came down over 8 months of changes made by hand, to about €750k a year lower, and stayed down.

Monthly bill

Previous level

8 months of changes

€750k+ a year off the bill

Proven by hand. The same method shapes every Pack.

Microsoft ISV Partner NovaUCD AI Ecosystem Accelerator

Listed on Azure Marketplace(opens in a new tab)

From Azure billto approved action.

Explained for finance. Prioritised for engineering.

Decision Pack

Monthly Close

Decision Pack: See it

Why the bill moved, by service.

Bill breakdown
  • Each rise explained by service and cause. Anything not yet explained is marked.
  • Spend with no clear owner, named.
  • One 45-minute call with your engineer.

Decision Pack: Fix it

Ranked changes, and what to leave alone.

Decision detail
  • 3 to 5 decisions, ranked by benefit, effort and risk, with what each depends on.
  • What to leave alone, and why.
  • Within the 7 days, engineering sees the findings 2 working days before finance.

Monthly Close: Keep it

An expert flags cost surprises within 1 working day.

Monthly rhythm
  • Budget pace checked weekly. Your Close by working day 5.
  • Renewal options 60 days before expiry.
  • Every saving re-checked on the bill, counted once.

Your view of the bill.

Spend by subscription, service and region. Cost by owner each month.
What moved and why, written by an expert.
Where network spend flows, from subscription to destination.
Plain-language questions, answered from your own billing data.
Executive dashboardSample data

Sample dashboard. Last month: €48.2K, up 10.6% on the month before. This month so far: €24.1K, halfway through. Projected month-end: €47.0K, 94% of a €50.0K budget. Chart: monthly cost by service category over six months, rising from €39.8K to €48.2K last month, with this month projected.

Monthly reportSample data

Sample monthly report: how last month's bill got from €43.6K the month before to €48.2K, up €4.6K. Increases: usage growth, more production traffic, €2.9K; new project, a new analytics workspace, €2.4K; unplanned cost, data copied to North Europe, €1.8K. Decreases: lower rate, a VM reservation, €1.6K; waste removed, oversized VMs downsized, €0.9K.

Network deep diveSample data

Sample network deep dive: last month, €6.4K of network cost flowed from three subscriptions, through six ways Azure bills it, to where the traffic goes. Cross-region traffic to North Europe, €2.3K, is the unplanned cost: up €1.8K on the month before.

ChatSample data

Sample chat. Question: why did the bill rise last month? Answer: last month came to €48.2K, up €4.6K on the month before. Three causes: usage growth, more production traffic, €2.9K; a new project, a new analytics workspace, €2.4K; unplanned cost, data copied to North Europe, €1.8K. Two savings took €2.5K back off: a lower rate and waste removed.

Sample data, drawn as the Infralign app shows it.

Your Monthly Close.Explained by working day 5.

  1. Explainwhat moved
  2. Decide45-minute review
  3. Your team actsat your pace
  4. Confirmon the next bill

October: up 3.1% on September. Growth and an acquisition drove it.

November forecast: on budget

Sample

Sample: change in the Azure bill from September to October by service, as a share of the September bill
ServiceCauseTypeChange
AKSCustomer growthGrowth+1.5%
App ServiceAcquired company joinsNew scope+1.4%
Azure OpenAIMore product usageGrowth+0.7%
SQL DatabaseAuto-pause off, flagged in 1 working daySurprise+0.7%
ReservationSaving landedSavingDown
Other servicesOther+0.5%
Not yet explainedNot yet explained+0.2%
Net change+3.1%
See a sample Monthly Close

AI prepares. Expert checks.Your team decides.

Context Triangle
  • Cost data
  • Architecture
  • Business context

Example: a standby server at 4% CPU looks idle. It is your recovery copy, and your contracts need fast recovery. Leave in place.

How we decide

Every finding is read through all three lenses before it reaches you. Your team's capacity sets the order: this sprint, next or later.

The 45-minute call with your engineer gives us the architecture and business lenses.

  1. Your Azure estate

    • Prod
    • Test
    • Dev
    • CostAzure billing
    • ConfigurationResource Graph, Advisor
    • ContextYour team, on one call

  3. Infralign

    • AI prepares
    • Expert checks

  4. Scale back the load-test poolSample

    Effort
    2 days
    Risk
    Low
    Owner
    Platform

    Your team decides

From your Azure estate to a decision your team makes, through three gates that are in place today:
  1. Read-only access
  2. Expert review
  3. Your approval

Your role.What changes for you.

CFO: A forecast you can defend.

Each Close states what moved the forecast.
The forecast range shown against the budget band. Each Close explains what moved it. Forecast Budget
Examples for the CFO

Decision PackMost of last quarter's rise came from one load-test pool left at peak size. Waste and growth, told apart.

Monthly CloseThe month-end forecast moves up, and the Close names each driver. Finance approves the change.

CEO: Know what growth costs, per customer.

From your customer count.
The same Azure bill split into one slice per customer, first with fewer customers, then with more. With more customers, each slice is smaller. Cost per customer, same bill Fewer More
Examples for the CEO

Decision PackAzure cost mapped to each product with your team. Spend with no owner, named.

Monthly CloseCustomers grew faster than the bill, so cost per customer fell.

CTO: Effort and risk, before any change.

Ranked. Some changes should not happen.
Changes ranked by effort and risk
EffortChange risk
Do nowLowLow
PlanLowMedium
Leave in placeNoneHigh
Examples for the CTO

Decision PackScale back the load-test pool first: low risk, easy to undo. The standby stays.

Monthly CloseA template change undid one saving. Flagged in 1 working day.

Head of IT: Renewal options 60 days ahead.

Options to renew, change or wait.
A timeline from today to expiry, with a decision window before the expiry date. Decide Expiry Today
Examples for the Head of IT

Decision PackServer reservations end on 31 January. Options sent 2 December: renew, change or wait.

Monthly CloseAn acquired company brings subscriptions with no owner. Owners proposed for you to confirm.

Start with a Decision Pack.Credited in full if you continue.

Decision Pack

€2,500, one-off

  • 7 days after access
  • Your team: 15-minute setup, one 45-minute call
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Monthly Close only if you continue. Fixed fee, quoted in writing first.

Terms

The Pack. €2,500, credited in full against the first 3 months of a plan. The 7 days start once read-only access is in place.

The monthly fee. A fixed fee, never a share of savings. Fee and scope quoted in writing before you buy the Pack.

Term. A first term of 3 months. Then billing is monthly or quarterly, or you stop. Nothing renews until you say so.

Leaving. After the first term, remove access at any time. The service and fees stop that day.

Savings. Every saving is re-checked on the bill and counted once.

What to do firstSample

  1. 1Scale back the load-test poolThis sprint2 days of workLow risk
  2. 2Reserve the always-on serversNext
  3. 3Keep the standbyLeave in place

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Before the call.

What access and time do you need?

Two read-only roles in Azure: Reader and Cost Management Reader. An admin assigns them in about 15 minutes. Then one 45-minute call with an engineer about your constraints. Nothing is installed, and we cannot change your resources. Your team or your MSP makes every change.

What does the monthly service cost?

A fixed monthly fee, never a share of savings. It depends on your estate. We quote the fee and scope in writing before you buy the Pack, so you know the full cost first.

What if the Pack finds little?

You still get the bill explained by service and a clear list of what to leave alone. You owe nothing more.

Where is our data?

We read billing data, resource settings and usage metrics, not your customer content. It is held in Microsoft Azure in the EU, and we delete it on request. Security details

Saving companies real money, with real data.

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  • Dr Tahir RabbaniCTO. PhD, TU Delft. 20+ years in enterprise architecture.

  • Rakhi GuptaCEO. PhD researcher, Erasmus. New Frontiers alumna.

Two read-only roles. Nothing installed. Billing data, resource settings and usage metrics, held in Azure in the EU. Deleted on request.
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