Savings tracker

Introduction

Savings tracker lets you compare the cloud costs of a cost management group across two time periods and identify unrealized savings opportunities. It shows total spend for each period, an Opportunity Profile radar chart across optimization categories, and a detailed category-level breakdown with period-over-period changes.

Permissions

Savings tracker is visible in the context menu only for users with sufficient permissions.

The following roles have access:

• Account Owner
• Contributor
• Reader
• Users with a custom role that includes at least read access for Analysis, Rightsizing, Reservations, and Other Recommendations

All other users will not see the Savings tracker option in the context menu of a cost management group.

Accessing Savings tracker

To open Savings tracker:

1. Go to Cost Analyzer and locate the cost management group you want to analyze.
2. Click the three-dot icon (⋮) next to the group name.
3. Select Savings tracker from the context menu.

Configuration

Use the controls at the top of the panel to set up your comparison before viewing results.

Period A and Period B

Select any two calendar months to compare. Period A serves as the baseline and Period B as the comparison period. The two months do not need to be consecutive.

Cost type

Choose how costs are measured across both periods:

• Amortized Cost - Spreads one-time upfront reservation fees evenly across the usage period.
• Actual Cost - Reflects charges exactly as billed, including any upfront payments in the month they occurred.

Currency mismatch

If Period A and Period B are billed in different currencies, Savings tracker automatically converts one period's values to the other period's currency so all figures are directly comparable.

Reading the Results

Total Cost cards

Two summary cards at the top of the panel show the total spend for each period across the entire cost management group — for example, £ 632 for Period A and £ 364 for Period B.

Opportunity Profile

The radar chart plots unrealized savings as a percentage of total spend across five optimization categories. Two overlapping polygons — one per period — make it easy to see which categories have gained or lost savings potential between periods. A larger area means more unrealized savings opportunity.

Detailed Breakdown

The table beneath the chart provides exact values for each optimization category in both periods, plus the change in percentage points (pp). A positive change (▲) means more unrealized savings in that category. A neutral change (—) means no movement between periods.

Example (May 2026 vs June 2026, Amortized Cost):

Data Availability and Refresh

Cost data in Savings tracker follows a scheduled availability cycle:

• Newly created cost groups: the detailed breakdown data usually appears within an hour once the group is created.
• Ongoing updates: after the initial load, data refreshes once every 24 hours.

If you open Savings tracker on a new group and see no data, wait up to an hour and reload. Changes made to your infrastructure — such as resizing instances or purchasing reservations — will appear at the next 24-hour refresh, not immediately.

Exporting the Report

The full Savings tracker view can be downloaded as a PDF. Click the Download as PDF button in the top-right corner of the panel. A PDF is generated and downloaded immediately.