#43VISIBILITYOBSERVE
Cost Tracking
Infrastructure spend awareness
Easy
Overview
Track and visualize infrastructure costs. Understand what you're spending and where.
Why It Matters
Know what you're spending. Catch unexpected growth before the bill arrives.
The Risk
Without cost tracking, infrastructure spending grows unchecked. Zombie resources waste money. You can't make data-driven optimization decisions or justify infrastructure investments.
Implementation Components
A complete implementation of this capability includes:
- Cost tracking dashboard
- Resource tagging for cost allocation
- Monthly spend trending
- Budget alerts for overruns
- Cost per service/feature breakdown
- Forecasting based on growth trends
Implementation Pattern
- 1Collect cost data
- 2Tag resources
- 3Create dashboards
- 4Set budget alerts
Pipeline Coverage
This continuous capability monitors and applies to the following pipeline phases:
RELEASE
Tool Examples
These are examples, not endorsements. Choose what fits your context.
Dependencies
This capability stands independently.
Same Layer
Other capabilities in this continuous layer
- •#30 Central Logging
- •#31 LLM Log Analysis
- •#32 Metrics & Alerting
- •#33 Error Tracking
- •#34 LLM Error Analysis
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