Azure Cost Management and Budgets

Azure Cost Management + Billing is a free suite of tools within the Azure portal that gives you visibility into your actual and forecasted cloud spending. It allows you to analyse costs by subscription, resource group, resource, service, or tag; set budgets with automated alerts; view cost trends over time; and receive AI-driven recommendations for reducing waste. It is available to all Azure customers at no additional charge.

The Cost Analysis view in Azure Cost Management lets you explore spending interactively. You can filter and group costs by resource group, resource type, location, tag, or service name. The default view shows accumulated cost for the current month versus the previous month. You can switch to daily, weekly, or monthly views to spot usage spikes, and drill down from subscription level to individual resource charges.