Description
The Cost Allocation Engine by Department/Project is designed to streamline internal billing and improve transparency by allocating shared IT costs—such as cloud infrastructure, SaaS tools, or licensing—across departments, teams, or specific projects. The system ingests billing data from cloud providers, SaaS apps, or financial systems and applies flexible rule-based logic for allocation: by resource tag, usage volume, business unit, or time-based activity. The engine supports both showback (informational reporting) and chargeback (internal cost transfer) models. Detailed cost reports can be auto-generated weekly or monthly, including per-department summaries, resource breakdowns, and trend analysis. Dashboards provide department heads visibility into their own spending and suggest optimizations like downscaling unused resources or terminating duplicate subscriptions. This tool integrates with financial planning and analysis tools (FP&A), and supports integrations with ERP systems such as SAP, NetSuite, and Oracle Financials. It drives better accountability, helps enforce budgets, and supports cost-conscious decision-making across the enterprise.
Amaechi –
This IT service has been invaluable in giving us clarity over our cloud spending. We can now easily see exactly where our money is going by department and project. The tagging system is simple to use and the ability to create usage-based rules has allowed us to implement fair and accurate cost allocation, which was a real challenge before. We finally have the visibility we need to make informed decisions about resource utilization.
Joy –
This tool has significantly improved our cost transparency. We can now easily track cloud and SaaS expenses across different departments and projects with a level of detail we never had before. The ability to allocate costs based on tags and usage rules is extremely powerful, making internal billing straightforward and accurate. This has led to better budget management and accountability across the organization.
Caleb –
This tool has been invaluable in providing transparency and accountability for our cloud and SaaS spending. The ability to precisely allocate costs based on tags and usage has streamlined our internal billing processes and empowered teams to better understand and manage their resource consumption. It’s made cost tracking and reporting significantly easier and more efficient.