See what your cloud really costs, not just the invoice
The FOCUS cost dashboard is a free interactive tool that turns one workload into the four FOCUS costs, five views and the real FOCUS rows behind them. Work through all five steps in about one hour and you will read any FOCUS export with confidence.
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WHAT'S INSIDE
Five views, one clear cost picture
I built these views from the questions finance and engineering teams ask me most when they first open a FOCUS export.
You will walk away with
Your workload priced four ways
Every saving traced to its source
Commitment waste spotted instantly
Invoice spikes explained month by month
01
Enter one real workload
Set the hourly price, usage and discounts, and watch ListCost, ContractedCost, BilledCost and EffectiveCost update live.
10 min
02
Follow the cost waterfall
See how negotiated and commitment discounts take you from list price to what you really pay.
10 min
03
Check commitment health
Decide whether your commitment is well sized by reading its utilisation and coverage gauges.
10 min
04
Compare invoice and reality
Switch between monthly and cumulative views to see why a prepaid deal makes one invoice explode.
15 min
05
Find your right commitment size
Use the sensitivity curve before your next reservation or savings plan purchase.
15 min
Is this dashboard for you?
It is made for FinOps practitioners, cloud engineers, finance analysts and anyone preparing a FinOps certification.
TODAY
Your cloud bill feels opaque
Three clouds give you three different totals
You are unsure which cost column to report
Prepaid commitments make invoices jump wildly
You cannot tell if commitments are wasted
AFTER ONE HOUR
You read cost data with confidence
You know which FOCUS cost answers which question
You report EffectiveCost for showback and unit costs
You explain any invoice spike in one sentence
You spot unused commitment hours with one filter
Serge Niagne
FinOps trainer for cloud and finance teams
I am a Microsoft Certified Trainer, triple FinOps certified, and I have taught more than 11,000 students. This dashboard is the tool I use to explain FOCUS costs in my own classes, so it is the fastest way to start.