Cloud Cost Optimization Features by Release
The following table provides a list of Cloud Cost Optimization features by release.
| Month and year | New feature or enhancement |
|---|---|
| July 2025 | Improvements to the Rule-Based Dimensions page Cloud sustainability reporting added to Cloud Cost Optimization |
| June 2025 | AI-based detection of cost anomalies |
| Azure MCA CSP now supports Cost Management API ingestion with scoped access | |
| Enhanced rule-based dimensions UI | |
| May 2025 | Improved visibility into AWS Savings Plans |
| Azure adjustment credits now available to all customers | |
| March 2025 | Cost Planning now available in Cloud Cost Optimization |
| January 2025 | Editing recommendation sets |
| Centralized Savings Plans visibility now available for Microsoft Azure Modern Commerce Agreement (MCA) | |
| November 2024 | User settings saved across sessions |
| Kubecost Exporter Now Supports AMD64 and ARM64 Architectures | |
| September 2024 | Ingestion of billing data now available in the FOCUS v1.0 format |
| Rule-Based Dimensions in recommendations tables | |
| Enhanced Manage billing centers role at the billing center level | |
| August 2024 | Cloud Cost Optimization Azure Modern Commerce Agreement Bill Connect migration |
| Commitment dimensions in Tabular View are available for all customers | |
| New labels for analyzing Kubernetes costs | |
| Rule-Based Dimensions limits increased | |
| Tag Dimensions in recommendations tables | |
| July 2024 | New capability in Cloud Cost Optimization to create recommendation sets (Beta Release) |
| Kubecost Flexera Exporter tool enhanced to automatically create bill connect | |
| June 2024 | Group by capability in recommendations tables |
| Support for Azure’s improved exports experience | |
| Turbonomic policies updated to improve authentication using OAuth 2.0 | |
| Showing Savings Plans for Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services | |
| Change in View budgets role | |
| May 2024 | Relevant properties now display by default in the Rate Reduction and Usage Reduction recommendations tables |
| Additional properties available in the Rate Reduction and Usage Reduction recommendations tables | |
| New columns added on the Reserved Instances page for Microsoft Azure | |
| March 2024 | Showing savings for Azure |
| Ingestion of OpenCost billing data now available in Cloud Cost Optimization | |
| Filter spend and use recently added Data Grouping dimensions in the Budget Wizard | |
| Expand and collapse rows in the Tabular View | |
| Export Tabular View data to Excel (XLSX) | |
| February 2024 | Kubecost Flexera Exporter tool now supports service accounts |
| Microsoft Azure Reservations documentation update | |
| Start Date field added to Azure Enterprise Agreement (Legacy) Bill Connect | |
| Rule-Based Dimensions now available to all customers (Public Beta Release) | |
| January 2024 | Ingestion of billing data now available in the FOCUS compliant format |
| December 2023 | IT Asset Management and SaaS spend data now available in Cloud Cost Optimization in the North American (NAM) region |
| Azure adjustment credits (Beta Release) | |
| November 2023 | Reserved Instances utilization now using 30-day rolling window |
| Azure operating system dimension added | |
| Analyzing cloud spend using the Tabular View with filters | |
| Viewing potential savings in a billing center | |
| October 2023 | Custom Tags are now Tag Dimensions |
| September 2023 | New capabilities and enhancements in Cloud Cost Optimization dashboards and billing centers |
| FinOps Bill Connect API | |
| AWS Reserved Instance and Savings Plan reallocation | |
| Rule-Based Dimensions now available in Flexera One user interface (Beta Release) | |
| Cloud Cost Optimization Azure Enterprise Agreement (legacy) Bill Connect migration | |
| Additional properties in recommendation table | |
| New cost dimensions for cloud cost reporting | |
| August 2023 | Cost allocation using AWS account tags |
| June 2023 | Log Level policy parameter added |
| Navigation improvements to Applied Policies and Automation Incidents pages | |
| May 2023 | Cloud budgets release |
| April 2023 | New Microsoft Azure Modern Commerce Agreement (MCA) bill-based data dimensions |
| Rule-Based Dimensions billing center support | |
| Support for rule-based dimensions in Cloud Cost Anomaly Alerts | |
| March 2023 | Cloud Budgets feature (Beta Release) |
| January 2023 | New Azure Savings Plan Recommendations policy added to Automation Catalog |
| Recommendations can be assigned to billing centers using rule-based dimensions | |
| New Cloud Cost Optimization role: View bill adjustments | |
| September 2022 | Aggregation of Rate and Usage Reduction recommendations |
| Flexera Automation policies enhanced with new authentication method | |
| August 2022 | Creating custom spend recommendations for additional saving opportunities |
| Reserved Instances now include more AWS services | |
| Total Potential Savings support for Azure Resource Groups | |
| June 2022 | Cost Anomaly Detection identifies significant changes in your Cloud spend |
| View Total Potential Savings now includes Google Cloud Platform (GCP) | |
| March 2022 | Viewing Total Potential Savings |
| User role change for Reserved Instances page | |
| November 2021 | Bill Processing Status dashboard |
| Cloud Settings: Billing Configuration and Custom Tags | |
| January 2021 | Support for multiple Google Cloud billing accounts in the same Flexera Org |
| December 2020 | New Purchase Option dimension |