CloudZero is a cloud cost intelligence and optimization platform that enables organizations to monitor, allocate, and optimize cloud expenditures across multi-cloud, PaaS, and SaaS environments. It ingests billing and usage data from sources like AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, and others, normalizes the data, and provides granular, business-relevant views—such as cost per customer, product, or feature. CloudZero empowers engineers and finance teams with actionable insights, anomaly detection, and real-time analytics, supporting proactive cost control, improved unit economics, and engineering-led optimization. The platform integrates with existing workflows and offers expert guidance to maximize cloud ROI without slowing innovation.

Key Features

Multi-Cloud Cost Ingestion and Normalization Collect and standardize spend data from any cloud, PaaS, or SaaS source.

• Supports AWS, GCP, Azure, Snowflake, Kubernetes, and more
• Normalizes data into a unified model for analysis

Real-Time Cost Allocation and Dimensions Allocate 100% of spend—even shared, untagged, or multi-tenant costs—by any business dimension.

• Sort by customer, product, feature, team, or custom parameters
• Uses CostFormation® for rapid, accurate allocation

Actionable Analytics and Explorer Drill down into spend data at any level, from organization to individual resources.

• Visualize cost drivers and trends
• Hourly granularity for precise analysis

AI-Powered Anomaly Detection Detect and alert on abnormal spend events automatically.

• No manual tuning required
• Hourly monitoring for fast response

Optimization Recommendations Receive prioritized, contextual savings opportunities embedded in engineering workflows.

• Expert-designed recommendations
• Integration with Jira, Slack, and other tools

Budgets and Forecasting Track and manage budgets, predict future costs, and stay accountable.

• Unit cost-enriched budgets and forecasts
• Automated reporting

FinOps Expertise and Partnership Dedicated FinOps Account Manager for ongoing guidance.

• Strategic reviews and best practices
• Continuous optimization support

Benefits

Complete Spend Visibility Gain a unified, granular view of all cloud costs across environments.

• Eliminates blind spots, including shared and untagged resources
• Enables business-aligned reporting and accountability

Engineering-Led Cost Optimization Empower engineers with real-time, relevant cost data for decision-making.

• Drives proactive cost control and efficient software development
• Reduces waste and strengthens margins

Faster, More Accurate Financial Insights Accelerate analysis and reporting for cloud spend.

• Supports agile business decisions and innovation
• Reduces manual effort and complexity

Seamless Workflow Integration Cost data and recommendations delivered within existing engineering tools.

• Increases adoption and accountability
• Makes savings part of daily operations