Cost Intelligence

Optimise cloud cost before and after deployment.

Understand planned infrastructure cost and actual cloud spend together.

Compare the expected cost of Terraform changes with real AWS and Azure spending, so teams can make better decisions before and after deployment.

Explore Cost Intelligence View cost capabilities
Terraform Cost EstimateActual Cloud Spend
Estimated Current
Monthly Cost$12,450Baseline
Proposed Monthly Cost$15,820After changes
Monthly Delta+ $3,370+27.1%   |   Increase

Top Cost Drivers (Monthly Delta)

ECAmazon EC2+ $1,620

RDAmazon RDS+ $850

NWAWS NAT Gateway+ $420

VMAzure Virtual Machines+ $260

STAzure Storage+ $220

Cost Trend (Monthly)

Current Proposed

MayJunJulAugSepOct

Two cost views

Planned cost and actual spend in one product.

Cost before apply

Estimate changes before infrastructure is deployed.

Live spend visibility

Monitor real billing trends across connected accounts.

Governed decisions

Use cost evidence in review and approval workflows.

Two views of cloud cost

  1. 1

    Terraform Cost Estimate

    See expected monthly cost before apply.

  2. 2

    Current vs proposed

    Compare current cost, proposed cost, and delta.

  3. 3

    Top cost drivers

    Identify the resources behind the largest changes.

  4. 4

    Actual Cloud Spend

    Monitor real billing data from connected accounts.

  5. 5

    Alerts and budgets

    Track budgets, watched resources, and notifications.

  6. 6

    Shared cost reports

    Safely share cloud cost summaries.

ScrinCloud clearly separates estimated future cost from actual provider billing.

Before and after deployment

Cost lifecycle

Estimate to observability

Live cost trace
Before deploymentAfter deployment
Change scopeTerraform Plan
Forecast deltaCost Estimate
GuardrailsPolicy Review
DecisionApproval
Controlled releaseApply
Fresh billing dataBilling Sync
OwnershipCost Allocation
Continuous signalMonitoring & Alerts
Confidence & coverageKnow what is included and what may change.Budget trackingStay within limits with budgets and alerts.Workspace allocationUnderstand cost by team, project, or environment.Trend reportingTrack cost trends over time and by service.
Cost evidence stays connected from plan review through live spend.Coverage active

Built for architects, engineers, finance, and approvers

Pre-deployment visibility

See the expected cost impact before you make changes.

Actual cloud spend

Connect accounts and view real billing across providers.

Budget awareness

Track budgets and get alerts before you overspend.

Resource-level insights

Drill into services and resources that drive cost.

Audit-ready reporting

Generate reports your team and auditors can trust.

Make cost part of every infrastructure decision

Give your team the visibility to understand cost before changes reach production—and after they go live.