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Cloud Billing Sources

Cloudaware Cost Management relies on provider billing exports and APIs to ingest detailed cost and usage data.

Use this guide to review the requirements for each major cloud provider.

AWS​

Cloudaware supports AWS cost ingestion through modern and legacy mechanisms:

To set up AWS billing ingestion:

  • Add AWS Payer/management account to Cloudaware.
  • Create one or more CUR or Data Export (CUR 2.0) configurations that:
    • Deliver reports to an S3 bucket in a supported format and cadence.
    • Include all accounts that should appear in Cost Management.
    • Use hourly or daily granularity as required by your reporting needs.
  • Grant Cloudaware access to the S3 bucket and manifest paths according to the billing integration guide.
  • Configure the AWS Billing integration in Cloudaware (payer/management account is recommended).

Cloudaware is designed to handle very large, consolidated billing files and offers analytics over blended and unblended rates, reservation and Savings Plans utilization, and other AWS billing metrics.

See also: AWS Billing

Azure​

Cloudaware ingests Azure costs from supported agreements and exports, including:

  • Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) and Pay‑As‑You‑Go subscriptions.
  • Legacy Enterprise Agreement (EA) enrollments.

To set up Azure billing ingestion:

  • Add Azure Active Directory to Cloudaware.
  • Enable Cost Management exports for the relevant billing accounts and subscriptions.
  • Ensure that exports include all required subscriptions and that Cloudaware has read access to the storage account or API.
  • Configure the Azure Billing integration in Cloudaware.

See also: Azure Billing

Google Cloud​

For Google Cloud, Cloudaware uses Billing Export to BigQuery and/or file exports:

To set up Google Cloud billing ingestion:

  • Add Google service account to Cloudaware.
  • Enable Billing Export in the Google Cloud console for each billing account in scope.
  • Choose a BigQuery dataset (and/or Cloud Storage bucket) where cost and usage data will be written.
  • Grant Cloudaware access to the dataset/bucket using the roles described in the integration guide.

See also: Google Cloud Billing

Other Sources​

Cloudaware can also ingest costs from:

Next Steps​

After configuring billing exports for each provider: