Turbo360 is now an integral part of our cloud strategy. With its insights and automation, we are confident in managing our Azure costs effectively.

The growing need for better Cost Management

Their increasing Azure footprint, coupled with the inefficiencies of its previous cost management tools, led them to seek a solution that provided better visibility and automation.

For over a decade, They have been leveraging Azure cloud technology to streamline its operations. However, their cloud spending was spiralling out of control, exceeding budget limits. Their Azure budget was set at $1.2 million per month, but their current spending trajectory showed they were overshooting to $1.5 million, and they wanted to take action.

Challenges before Turbo360

• Cost reports lacked drill-down capabilities, making it difficult to track changes at the resource level.
• Extracting Azure cost data and compiling reports was a manual, time-consuming process.
• Their previous cost management tool provided cost breakdowns by service and subscription but lacked detailed resource-level insights.

One of the biggest issues we faced was that our previous cost reports weren’t granular enough. We needed to track changes at the resource level and understand why a VM cost $1,000 last month but jumped to $6,000 this month. We were manually extracting data into Excel, which took over an hour and a half every time. Without real-time visibility, we were always playing catch-up with our cloud spending. – Azure Cloud Engineer

They aimed to:

• Gain real-time visibility into Azure costs and spending trends to get better unit economics.
• Optimize resource allocation with automated rightsizing and reservations.
• Improve governance and budget tracking to prevent overspending and stay within their $1.2M monthly limit or reduce further.

How Turbo360 helped govern costs

After evaluating multiple solutions, They selected Turbo360 for its powerful FinOps capabilities, which helped them regain control over their cloud spend.

Key benefits included:

• Real-Time Cost Insights: They gained visibility into Azure spending across subscriptions, departments, and teams.
• Smart Cost Optimization: Automated rightsizing and reservation recommendations reduced costs while maintaining performance.
• Scheduling for non-production resources: Enabled them to shut down unused resources during off-peak hours, saving significantly on cloud spend.
• Automated anomaly detection: Alerts on unexpected cost spikes ensured proactive cost control.
• Self-service access: Teams could independently monitor and manage their cloud costs without relying on finance or IT teams.

Turbo360 is the only tool which gave us exactly what we needed: real-time cost insights, detailed breakdowns at the resource level, and automation that eliminated our manual reporting processes. Within months, we saw a significant improvement in cost governance, and we are now on track to keep our spending within budget.

Implementing Cost Management with Turbo360

With Turbo360, They streamlined its FinOps operations:

• Enhanced Cost Visibility: Teams could drill down to resource-level costs rather than relying on static monthly reports.
• Increased Cost Savings: Rightsizing and reservation optimizations led to a significant reduction in cloud spend.
• Improved Efficiency: Engineers spent less time manually compiling reports and more time on optimizing infrastructure.
• Proactive Monitoring: Early alerts on cost spikes helped prevent budget overruns.
• Stronger Governance: They improved budget tracking, ensuring their annual Azure spend stayed within $1.2 million.

The Road Ahead

With Turbo360 in place, they have established a strong foundation for FinOps and cost optimization. Moving forward, they plan to further leverage automation and advanced analytics to drive even greater efficiencies.

Turbo360 is now an integral part of our cloud strategy. With its insights and automation, we are confident in managing our Azure costs effectively.