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Cost Overview

The Cost Overview summarizes cloud spending based on aggregated billing data.

It answers the question:

How much does the current cloud footprint cost, and how is spending distributed over time?

What you will see

The Cost Overview typically includes:

  • total cloud cost over the last 6 months
  • monthly cost breakdown
  • cost trends over time

Costs are shown as aggregated values, not individual billing line items.

Why it matters

Cost is a critical factor in cloud exit planning.

The Cost Overview helps you:

  • understand financial exposure to the current provider
  • identify cost trends that may impact exit timing
  • support business cases for repatriation, hybrid, or migration strategies

Cost data is used as an input for risk evaluation and scoring (where applicable).