FinOps Framework
Set FinOps context across technology categories.
The FinOps Framework names seven technology categories. A FinOps Scope can combine them around the business decision your team needs to make.
What FinOps now covers
Use the category mix that matches the decision.
The categories describe the type of technology spending in scope. A scope can include one category or span several.
Public Cloud
Spending on cloud services such as compute, storage, networking, and databases.
SaaS
Subscription software spending, including the licenses and usage behind a SaaS service.
Data Center
Spending for infrastructure that is owned, leased, or operated in a data center.
Licenses
The rights, subscriptions, and contractual entitlements used by technology services.
Private Cloud
Spending for cloud environments operated for a defined organization or group of organizations.
Data Platform
Spending for services that store, process, analyze, or make data available.
Azure cost evidence
Start with the Azure cost context you can verify.
Public Cloud
Azure cost in an attributable view.
CloudMonitor shows Azure cost against effective spend, total savings, and the cost groups behind the result.
Source: this page interprets the FinOps Technology Categories published by the FinOps Foundation, licensed under CC BY 4.0. The wording, examples, and product mapping on this page are CloudMonitor’s own.
Use the Framework categories to set the scope.
Start with Azure cost evidence, then extend the decision context as your available data supports it.
