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Everything you need to get value from CloudCost Lite in under an hour—plus downstream plans so you can plan rollouts with your finance and platform teams.
Follow these four steps to import data and activate dashboards. Each section links directly into the app so you can complete the flow while reading.
Step 1
Sign up with Google, GitHub, Azure AD, or email. The first user automatically becomes the owner of a new workspace.
Step 2
Upload a CSV export from your cloud provider via the in-app Import wizard. We validate columns, surface row issues, and map costs into daily rollups instantly.
Step 3
Head to Cost Analysis to explore summary, breakdown, and trend widgets. Every widget uses the new ApiEnvelope states (ok/empty/degraded).
Step 4
Invite teammates under Settings → Members. Alerts and digests currently send email only; Slack and webhooks are in preview.
The import wizard looks for the following columns. Extra metadata is preserved in the JSON payload and surfaces inside cost event details.
| Column | Required | Example |
|---|---|---|
| date | Yes (ISO 8601) | 2024-03-01 |
| provider | Yes | aws |
| service | Recommended | AmazonEC2 |
| account/project | Optional | prod-master |
| region | Optional | eu-west-1 |
| amount | Yes (numeric) | 45.67 |
Currency: values are treated as the workspace base currency (default EUR). Server-side conversion ships with the Currency & Timezone epic.
Summary, breakdown, and trend widgets are powered by `/api/costs/*` routes using the ApiEnvelope contract. Empty and degraded states return detailed metadata to help triage missing data.
Month-to-date total, variance, and forecast. Ideal for finance updates.
Service-level split with filters for provider, tag, and account.
Daily cost trend chart with anomalies flagged when gap detection runs.
Download CSV snapshots from the dashboards. API access is read-only.
Email-based alerts are available today. Create budgets manually, tie thresholds to total spend, and subscribe teams through the digest scheduler. Slack, Teams, and webhook destinations are in development as part of the Notifications epic.
Define monthly or quarterly budgets from the Budgets page. Tracking relies on the same normalized cost data powering dashboards.
Daily and weekly email digests summarize variance, top spenders, and any open alerts. Delivery uses the configured email provider (Resend today).
Roadmap: richer alert conditions, runbook links, and workflow integrations once EPIC D reaches GA.
Automated ingestion is rolling out gradually. The table below mirrors the internal launch tracker so you can see what is safe to pilot versus what is still under construction.
| Connector | Status | Notes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
AWS Cost & Usage Report | Private preview | Pipeline stitches CUR exports from S3. Fetcher currently returns no rows in production and requires manual enablement. | Request access |
Google Cloud Billing Export | Design | Mapping logic drafted, waiting on BigQuery ingestion workers. Use CSV import meanwhile. | Join waitlist |
Azure Cost Management | Design | Authentication scaffolding exists, but ingestion relies on mocks. ETA shared in release notes when ready. | Join waitlist |
CloudCost Lite runs on Next.js 15 with Prisma and NextAuth. We host on Vercel with PostgreSQL as the system of record. Data ingress happens through secure uploads; no cloud keys are stored today.
cloudcostlite.com with secure flags in productionUpcoming: Log drain integration, granular RBAC, and formal incident response playbooks (see Epic E).
Need help, security notifications, or to coordinate a pilot? Reach out and the core team will reply within one business day.
Status updates and maintenance windows are posted inside the app under Settings → Status.
Straight answers to the questions teams ask before piloting CloudCost Lite.
Cost analysis dashboards, CSV import, budgets (manual), email digests, and the ApiEnvelope-backed costs API are supported in production. Multi-cloud connectors, AI insights, and Slack/webhook alerts remain in preview.
Server-side currency conversion is in flight. Until it launches, currency formatting is UI-only. Expect an update in the Currency & Timezone epic.
No credentials are stored for connectors today. When connectors graduate from preview, they will use scoped roles and short-lived tokens.
Weekly release notes ship in-app under Settings → Changelog. Major milestones also land on the public blog once live.