Choose your cloud Azure product → AWS pilot →

Find the Azure costs
worth a closer look.

Review idle VMs, unattached disks and Azure Advisor findings in one workspace. Give each finding an owner and a decision, so your next cost review starts with a plan.

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The sample needs no account or Azure access. Ready for your own data? Try Business with no card; paid plans start at $49/month.

Inside the fictional sample

From a finding to a team decision

Open sample workspace →
01 · FINDING

Unattached managed disk

Sandbox · disk-build-example

$38 USD / monthFictional disk cost, not a promised saving
02 · EVIDENCE

Keep the context

Unattached can mean recovery data. Check the owner, retention policy, backups and restore requirements.

03 · DECISION

Give the review an owner

Assign a sample team and mark the finding as investigating, accepted for review or dismissed.

Try a sample decision →

Fictional examples, not customer results. Your real scans are read-only; your team makes any approved changes in Azure.

Read-only scans — we never modify your Azure resources
Consolidated analysis across connected Azure subscriptions
Tenant-scoped access and administrative controls
Why FinOps Beacon

Give Your Azure Cost Review a Clear Next Step

Review Waste Without Installing Agents

Connect an Azure subscription and run a read-only analysis without installing agents or changing infrastructure.

See the Cost Behind Azure Waste

Review unattached disks, underused VMs, and stopped VM cost estimates alongside the Azure data available to your account. For a stopped VM, check whether it is still allocated before making changes.

Make Confident RI & Savings Plan Decisions

Review Reserved Instance and Savings Plan recommendations alongside your resource use. Compare estimated savings and commitment terms before purchasing in Azure.

Everything You Need

Powerful Azure Cost Intelligence

Orphaned Resource Detection

VM Right-sizing Analysis

Stopped VM Cost Tracking

AVD Host VM Detection

RI & Savings Plan Recommendations

Cost Anomaly Detection

Tag Compliance Reporting

Budget Monitoring & Alerts

Your First Cost Review

Connect. Scan. Decide.

1. Connect your Azure account

Create your trial account, confirm your email, then connect Microsoft using your existing Azure permissions. Your administrator may need to approve consent. A manual service-principal connection is also available.

2. Choose subscriptions and scan

Select and save the subscriptions you want to review, then run a scan. Resource and billing access are required. Completion time depends on your estate and Azure's API availability.

3. Review your opportunities

Explore daily spend, Advisor recommendations, and resource findings in one workspace. Check the estimates and workload needs before making changes in Azure.

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Simple Pricing

Try Business Free for 14 Days.

Every signup starts the same Business trial, with no credit card and no automatic charge. After 14 days, choose Pro or Business to continue scanning. Subscribe from Settings when you're ready; paid billing begins when you purchase.

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$0 for 14 days
No credit card required
Explore your own Azure estate
  • Up to 20 subscriptions
  • Up to 15 users
  • Business features included
  • Self-serve setup guide
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For Small Teams

Pro

$49/month
Monthly billing
For teams managing several subscriptions
  • 5 subscriptions
  • 5 users
  • Full recommendations
  • RI / Savings Plan analysis
  • CSV exports
Try Business First

Business

$199/month
Monthly billing
For larger Azure estates
  • 20 subscriptions
  • 15 users
  • Everything in Pro
  • Cost anomaly analysis
  • In-app notifications
  • Scheduled scans
  • Savings simulator
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Questions & Answers

Frequently Asked Questions

How does FinOps Beacon access my Azure data?
FinOps Beacon performs read-only scans and does not create, modify, or delete Azure resources. Connect Microsoft uses your account's existing Azure permissions; the delegated permission is not itself a read-only role. Your organization may require administrator consent. For a dedicated identity restricted to reading, use the manual service-principal connection with appropriate read roles. You can revoke either connection in Microsoft Entra. Billing visibility may also require your billing administrator or CSP partner to enable cost access. The setup guide explains the prerequisites.
Is my data secure?
FinOps Beacon uses either delegated Microsoft consent or a read-only Azure service principal and does not create, modify, or delete Azure resources. Application secrets and delegated refresh credentials are encrypted before database storage, access is tenant-scoped, and the production service uses HTTPS and restricted database access. The manual service-principal method remains available when an organization cannot use delegated consent.
How is this different from Azure Cost Management?
Azure Cost Management and Advisor already provide valuable cost analysis and savings recommendations, including idle resources. FinOps Beacon brings Azure data, Advisor recommendations, and additional resource checks into one workspace with scan history, saved recommendation decisions, and cost review tools. It complements those Azure services; estimated savings still need to be validated against your workloads.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Paid plans use monthly billing and can be managed from account settings through the billing portal. Access continues according to the status and end date reported by the billing provider.
Do you support multi-cloud?
Azure is available for self-serve trials today. AWS is in a limited pilot, with separate access approval before an organization can connect an AWS account. A trial or paid plan does not automatically enable AWS. When AWS access is enabled, both clouds share the same workspace and plan allowance. See AWS pilot availability and request early access.
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