An Azure cost optimization checklist
Start with billing data, review waste candidates, and validate changes against your later costs.
Read the checklist →For engineering teams already running Azure. Review spend, investigate idle VMs and disks, assign owners, and keep the decisions from your next cost review in one workspace.
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Illustrative dashboard with sample values. Potential savings are estimates, not realized results. Explore the interactive sample →
Connect an Azure subscription and run a read-only analysis without installing agents or changing infrastructure.
Review unattached disks, underused VMs, and stopped VM cost estimates alongside the Azure data available to your account. Check each finding before making changes.
Review Reserved Instance and Savings Plan recommendations alongside your resource use. Compare estimated savings and commitment terms before purchasing in Azure.
Create your trial account, confirm your email, then connect Microsoft using your existing Azure permissions. Your administrator may need to approve consent. A manual service-principal connection is also available.
Select and save the subscriptions you want to review, then run a scan. Resource and billing access are required. Completion time depends on your estate and Azure's API availability.
Explore daily spend, Advisor recommendations, and resource findings in one workspace. Check the estimates and workload needs before making changes in Azure.
Every signup starts the same Business trial, with no credit card and no automatic charge. After 14 days, choose Pro or Business to continue scanning. Subscribe from Settings when you're ready; paid billing begins when you purchase.
Start with billing data, review waste candidates, and validate changes against your later costs.
Read the checklist →Understand stopped versus deallocated VMs and the disks and other resources that can keep billing.
Understand VM charges →Review Azure access requirements, connect your subscription, and evaluate your first scan at your own pace.
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