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Billing

Cloud service providers (CSPs) provide resource usage and cost reports at set intervals. ACTIVATE can provision the necessary infrastructure to enable CSP billing exports, allowing the platform to access, process, and display cost data on the cost dashboard.

Billing is managed directly from the cloud account detail page. Navigate to Cloud Accounts, select an account, and use the billing options available on that page.

One-Time Setup Per CSP

Billing only needs to be provisioned once per CSP per organization. After setting up billing on one cloud account, all other cloud accounts using the same CSP automatically detect billing data within an hour. You do not need to provision billing separately for each cloud account.

AWS Billing Infrastructure

Provisioning billing infrastructure on AWS creates the following resources:

  • Cost Usage Report: exports AWS cost data periodically
  • S3 Bucket: stores exported AWS cost data

The diagram below shows how ACTIVATE communicates with AWS after billing infrastructure is provisioned.

A diagram of AWS billing data being sent to ACTIVATE.

Azure Billing Infrastructure

Provisioning billing infrastructure on Azure creates the following resources:

  • Cost Export: exports Azure cost data daily
  • Billing Resource Group: groups the storage account and container
  • Storage Account: an account to contain the blob storage container
  • Blob Container: stores exported Azure cost data
  • Cost Management Export Provider: registers the necessary provider for cost export (not included in the diagram)

The diagram below shows how ACTIVATE communicates with Azure after billing infrastructure is provisioned.

A diagram of Azure billing data being sent to ACTIVATE.

Google Billing Infrastructure

Provisioning billing infrastructure on Google creates the following resources:

  • BigQuery Dataset: stores exported Google cost data
  • BigQuery Data Transfer API: enables the necessary API to export data to BigQuery (not included in the diagram)

The diagram below shows how ACTIVATE communicates with Google after billing infrastructure is provisioned.

A diagram of Google billing data being sent to ACTIVATE.

Need Help?

If you need assistance with billing setup or have questions about billing infrastructure, please contact support.