FinOps Framework
Apply FinOps across every technology category.
A FinOps Scope is a decision context, not an infrastructure boundary. The FinOps Framework names seven technology categories that a Scope may span.
Where FinOps reaches
Technology categories set the frame for a Scope.
Each category below follows the FinOps Framework. A practice can combine categories around a product, cost center, environment, or other business decision.
Public Cloud
Cloud provider billing and usage data support the core visibility, allocation, and optimization work of a FinOps practice.
AI
AI spending can cross cloud, SaaS, data, and private infrastructure, requiring cost and value decisions that account for that mix.
SaaS
Subscription software brings its own purchasing, usage, allocation, and renewal decisions into the FinOps practice.
Data Platform
Data platform usage, jobs, queries, and storage create cost and value decisions that need the same FinOps discipline.
Private Cloud
Private infrastructure can share ownership and allocation questions with public cloud while using different cost and usage data.
Licenses
Software licenses and SaaS terms affect total cost, allocation, usage decisions, and compliance risk.
Data Center
On-premises data center capacity can sit within the same decision context as cloud and other technology spending.
Scopes in CloudMonitor
CloudMonitor surfaces for Azure cost decisions.
Public Cloud
Start with the Azure cost context.
CloudMonitor shows Azure cost against effective spend, total savings, and the cost groups driving the result.
Licenses
Review licensing opportunities with the workload.
Azure Hybrid Benefit and BYOL opportunities appear beside the relevant virtual machines and compute spend.
Source: this page interprets the FinOps Scopes published by the FinOps Foundation, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The wording, examples, and product mapping on this page are CloudMonitor’s own.
Start with a FinOps Scope that matches the decision.
Use the Framework categories to set the right context for your Azure cost decisions.
