Cloud Cost Control (CCC)

Cloud Cost Control (CCC)

CCC Product Suite Overview

Explore the products within the CCC platform. Each module can be used standalone or together for a unified, cross-cloud FinOps experience.

M365 Cost Control

Status: GA

Focus: Microsoft 365 licensing optimization and governance.

• Plug-and-play deployment (hours, not weeks)

• User right-sizing and license optimization

• Unallocated license identification

• User inactivity mapping

• Copilot adoption and usage tracking

• White-label available for partners

What you get with M365 Cost Control

• Cost Overview: month-over-month cost view, segmentable by tenant, product, company, department, or country, down to user level.

• License Overview: month-over-month assigned licenses, new account tracking, unit cost, assigned vs. available counts, and waste.

• Savings Potential: total potential savings broken down by Unallocated Licenses, Inactive Users, and User Right-Sizing, with a waterfall from current to potential monthly cost.

• User Right-Sizing: per-user license recommendations based on 90 days of actual usage across Exchange, OneDrive, and SharePoint, combined with activation platform and security features (Legal Hold, ATP).

• Inactive Users: identifies users with no activity in the last 90 days and the reclaimable license cost.

• Unallocated Licenses: highlights licenses being paid for but not assigned to any user.

• Copilot Licenses: adoption tracking by product, daily usage trends, and per-user recommendations to revoke or retain.

• Power BI Licenses: standalone and bundled (e.g., M365 E5) license tracking with usage-based savings actions.

• Project & Visio Licenses: premium license tracking with usage flags, desktop vs. web activation, and account-enabled status.

• Usage Details: full exportable dataset with historical snapshots so you can track how your estate changes over time.

Supported license types

M365 CC covers the most common Microsoft 365 commercial SKUs, including "No Teams" (NT), "No Teams EEA", and Unattended Licenses (UL). References use M365 (Microsoft 365) and O365 (Office 365) naming.

Not currently in scope: Educational licenses (A3/A5) and M365 Business SKUs (Basic, Standard, Premium). Contact us if you have a specific need.

Azure Cost Control

Status: GA

Focus: End-to-end Azure cloud financial management.

• Real-time cost visibility across tenants, subscriptions, resource types, regions, and tags

• AI-powered Cost Anomaly Detection (Cost Guardian) with natural-language explanations and actionable recommendations

• Savings Potential dashboard with waterfall breakdown: AHUB, Savings Plans, Unused Resources, Right Sizing, Reserved Instances

• Reserved Instance break-even analysis and purchase recommendations with direct Azure portal purchase links

• Savings Plan analysis by subscription with hourly commitment modeling

• Right-sizing recommendations with current-to-target SKU mapping and CO₂ emission reduction estimates

• Unused resource identification with resource-level detail

• Cost forecasting and budget planning

• Azure Hybrid Use Benefit (AHUB) compliance monitoring, optimization scripts, and license utilization tracking

• Cloud Emissions tracking (Scope 1/2/3) with monthly trends and top emitting resources Preview

• Realized Savings tracking over time by resource category

• Chargeback and cost allocation

• Current Reservations inventory with expiry planning

AWS Cost Control

Status: GA

Focus: AWS cost optimization and governance.

• Multi-account cost management

• EC2, S3, and RDS optimization recommendations

• Reserved Instance and Savings Plan analysis

• Cost allocation and chargeback

• Cross-account visibility and governance

GCP Cost Control

Status: GA

Focus: Financial management for Google Cloud.

• Project-level cost tracking and analysis

• Compute Engine and Cloud Storage optimization

• Committed Use Discount recommendations

• Multi-project cost consolidation

Cloud Performance Lab (CPL)

Status: GA

All SoftwareOne Employees has access at:

https://optimize.cloud/

Focus: Presales benchmarking and workload optimization.

• Cloud workload performance benchmarking across vendors (AMD, Intel, ARM)

• Workload profiling and right-placement recommendations

• Pricing optimizer for vendor agreement analysis

• Interactive web application for sales-led customer engagements

• Cross-cloud migration analysis

Why CCC? Competitive Differentiation

Getting Started / Contact

• Onboarding, offboarding, or support questions, email CloudCostControl@crayon.com