Explanation
Understanding Azure Cost Visibility Challenges
In big Architectural designs, Azure Cloud Architects tend to segregate resources via multi Azure subscription environments.
Manual Cost visibility, comparison, and Reconciliation, versus these multi subscription, become overwhelming as we go. based on how many subscriptions you have and months you attend to compare.
Even in a tiny Architectural design, Manual Comparing the current cost of all consumied Services agianest the months before, become overwheming, based on the how many services you consiume and months you intend to compare.
How eraXplor Addresses These Challenges
eraXplor-azure is a CLI tool deliver an automatic way to aggregate cost data based on user inputs and export these data into CSV format.
Cost Grouping Dimensions
eraXplor-azure provides three powerful grouping dimensions for cost analysis:
| Dimension | Description | Use Case |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Group costs by Azure subscription | Multi-subscription cost allocation and chargebacks |
| ServiceName | Group costs by Azure service type | Identify cost drivers (VMs, Storage, SQL, etc.) |
| ResourceGroupName | Group costs by Resource Group | FinOps tagging compliance and team-based costing |
Key Capabilities
- Aggregate cost data per Azure Subscription, Service, or Resource Group
- Monthly or Daily cost aggregation
- CSV export with currency and tags metadata
- Support for Azure CLI credentials and Managed Identity
- Cross-platform CLI interface
Key Features
- Subscription-Level Cost Breakdown: Detailed breakdown of costs by Azure subscription with tags support.
- Service-Level Cost Breakdown: Group costs by Azure service name e.g. Virtual Machines, Storage, SQL Database.
- Resource Group Cost Breakdown: Group costs by Azure Resource Group for FinOps tagging strategies.
- Multi-Subscription Support: Automatically detects and queries all accessible Azure subscriptions.
- Daily/Monthly Cost Breakdown: View costs aggregated by day or month based on your reporting needs.
- Flexible Date Ranges: Custom start/end dates with validation.
- Secure Authentication: Uses Azure DefaultAzureCredential (supports Azure CLI, Managed Identity, Service Principal).
- CSV Export: Ready-to-analyze reports in CSV format with currency and tags.