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.
Azure bill up again?Know why in 7 days.
For Azure teams with no cloud-cost specialist.
3 to 5 ranked cost decisions from an Azure expert, for growing companies.
€2,500 excluding VAT, 7 calendar days from read-only access
Monthly bill
Previous level
8 months of changes
€750k+ a year off the Azure run-rate
Done by hand, before the platform. The same method shapes every Pack.
- Read-only access
- Nothing installed
- Nothing changes without your OK
From Azure billto approved action.
Explained for finance. Prioritised for engineering.
Decision Pack
Monthly Close
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 of showing in the cost data.
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, region and owner.
- What moved and why, by an expert.
- Where network spend flows.
- Questions answered from your 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.
Your Monthly Close.Explained by working day 5.
- Explainwhat moved
- Decide45-minute review
- Your team actsat your pace
- Confirmon the next bill
The Azure cost specialist your team doesn’t have.
October: up 3.1% on September. Growth and an acquisition drove it.
November forecast: on budget
Sample
| Service | Cause | Type | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKS | Customer growth | Growth | +1.5% |
| App Service | Acquired company joins | New scope | +1.4% |
| Azure OpenAI | More product usage | Growth | +0.7% |
| SQL Database | Auto-pause off, flagged in 1 working day | Surprise | +0.7% |
| Reservation | Saving landed | Saving | −1.9% |
| Other services | Other | +0.5% | |
| Not yet explained | Not yet explained | +0.2% | |
| Net change | +3.1% |
A quiet month still gets the checks and a written sign-off.
See a sample Monthly CloseAI prepares. Expert checks.Your team decides.
- 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.
Your Azure estate
- Prod
- Test
- Dev
- CostAzure billing
- ConfigurationResource Graph, Advisor
- ContextYour team, on one call
Infralign
- AI prepares
- Expert checks
Scale back the load-test poolSample
Saves about half the extra cost. Only if no load test is planned.
See it in the sample Pack
- Read-only access
- Expert review
- Your approval
Your role.What changes for you.
CFO: A forecast you can defend.
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: Waste back as margin and runway.
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: Engineering hours back.
| Effort | Change risk | |
|---|---|---|
| Do now | Low | Low |
| Plan | Low | Medium |
| Leave in place | None | High |
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 within 1 working day of showing in the cost data.
Head of IT: Renewal options 60 days ahead.
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, excluding VAT
- 7 calendar days after read-only access
- Your team: 15-minute setup, one 45-minute context call
Monthly Close only if you continue. First term 3 months, with the Pack fee credited against it. Fixed fee, quoted in writing first.
Terms
The Pack. €2,500 excluding VAT, credited in full against the first 3 months of a plan. The 7 calendar days start once read-only access is in place.
The monthly fee. A fixed fee, never a share of savings. It depends on the subscriptions and spend in scope. 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
- 1Scale back the load-test poolThis sprint
- 2Reserve the always-on serversNext
- 3Keep the standbyLeave in place
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 the subscriptions and spend in scope. 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.
20 minutes. With a founder.
No sales deck. No obligation.
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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