How it works
From Azure invoice to actionable savings — in under 15 minutes.
CloudMonitor is a hosted SaaS platform. Connect your FOCUS billing export, grant scoped read-only access, and your reports are live the same day — encrypted in transit and at rest, ISO 27001 + 9001 certified.
15 min
Average install time
Read-only
Scoped to billing data
FOCUS 1.0
Billing schema native
ISO 27001
+ ISO 9001 certified
Install path
Four steps from sign-up to first saving.
Sign up for CloudMonitor
Create your CloudMonitor workspace and pick your data residency region — single click.
Connect FOCUS billing
Point CloudMonitor at your FOCUS 1.0 billing export in Azure Storage. Existing export? Reuse it.
Grant scoped read-only access
Authorize CloudMonitor to read your billing scope. No write permissions, revocable from your Azure portal at any time.
See savings in 24 hours
CloudMonitor backfills 14 days of usage data and starts surfacing recommendations within the first day.
Data flow
Built and operated to enterprise standards.
CloudMonitor reads your FOCUS export and Azure billing metadata under scoped, read-only access. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, hosted in your chosen region, and isolated per customer.
- Scoped read-only access — no write permissions
- Encrypted in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest
- Regional data residency — pick where your data lives
- ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO 9001 certified
White-label
For CSP / MSP partners — rebrand and resell.
Partners can connect CloudMonitor to multiple customer billing scopes, rebrand the reports, and resell the offering with their own margin built in.
- Reports rebrandable in 1 hour
- Per-customer cost-group templates
- Bundle inside your managed Azure offer
- Co-marketing through Microsoft Partner channel
Partner deployment topology
One CloudMonitor workspace → many customer billing scopes → branded reports.
FAQ
Install & data flow questions
Where is our data stored?
CloudMonitor is a hosted SaaS platform. Your billing data is processed inside CloudMonitor and stored in your chosen data residency region, encrypted in transit and at rest, and isolated per customer. Only your authorized users see your reports.
What level of Azure access do you need?
Read-only, scoped to your billing data. You can scope it to specific subscriptions, and revoke it from your Azure portal at any time. We never have write access to your resources.
Does it support FOCUS 1.0?
Yes — FOCUS is the native schema. If you have an existing FOCUS export in Azure Storage, CloudMonitor consumes it directly.
How long does setup take?
Most customers are live within 15 minutes. The longest step is usually getting access approval through your change-management process.
Can we white-label for our customers?
Yes — CSP and MSP partners can rebrand the Power BI reports, set per-customer cost-group templates, and resell CloudMonitor with their own margin.
Install in 15 minutes. See savings in 24 hours.
Try the live demo first — no install required.