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Prefer Instances Families with Commitments

Add preferences for compute and DB rightsizing to prefer recommendations which move to an instance family currently covered by commitments. When I don't have commitments for a particular service/region, I would like this preference to be ignored (...
3 days ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Under review

Include allocation tag or bm values in rightsize reports

Current rightsizing reports rely heavily on the use of view filters to isolate and identify the workload represented. I've worked for a couple of organizations as a FinOps expert and when I meet with teams it is not to look at one workload at a ti...
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Under review

Need broader insight into rightsizing opportunities

There are a lot of opportunities to save that Cloudability does not inform users about. Some of them are difficult to find without collecting information, merging data, comparing options. This is the work Cloudability does for EC2, RDS, etc. Why n...
about 1 month ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Under review

Automated Report Delivery to Amazon S3

Enable the automated delivery of scheduled IBM Cloudability reports directly to a user-configured Amazon S3 bucket to streamline data integration and archival processes. Currently, retrieving reports often requires manual intervention or individua...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards Under review

Elastic native cloudability connector

Connector to extract usage and cost data from Elastic
11 days ago in Cloudability / Vendor Credentials and Integrations Under review

Named Custom Date Ranges for Reporting

Today, users can choose from standard absolute and relative date ranges (Last 7 Days, Month to Date, custom start/end dates, etc.) within each widget's or the UI's Time period selector. This is powerful but introduces friction for organizations wh...
2 months ago in Cloudability / Reports, Dashboards Under review

Default dimensions for Rightsizing Explorer

I would like to set my own personal preference for dimensions to default on Rightsizing Explorer. I seldom use region and OS on the explorer so I would prefer to not see them every time I open the Rightsizing page. This would be great to cache or ...
3 months ago in Cloudability / Workload Optimization (Rightsizing) Under review

Add a new Cloudability Vendor Dimension to map the CUR value "Seller of Record"

In Cloudability, under the vendor section there are two different fields that helps in identifing costs based on: - Vendor: which maps the CUR vendor field (like AWS, Azure, GCP) - Seller: which maps the CUR BillingIdentity field (like AWS, AWS Ma...
6 months ago in Cloudability / Data Mapping and Organization Under review

Kafka native cloudability connector

To extract usage and cost data from Kafka
11 days ago in Cloudability / Vendor Credentials and Integrations Under review

Add native Cloudflare integration to Cloudability to provide visibility, reporting, and cost management for Cloudflare spend alongside cloud infrastructure costs.

Cloudability currently lacks native integration with Cloudflare, preventing customers from incorporating Cloudflare costs into their overall FinOps and cloud cost management strategy. As Cloudflare becomes a critical component of modern cloud arch...
12 days ago in Cloudability / Vendor Credentials and Integrations Under review

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