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Microsoft Azure Optimizing Microsoft Azure

Azure cloud cost optimization that adapts as usage changes

Usage.ai continuously buys and rebalances Azure commitments in your account  and if your usage drops, Cashback covers the unused capacity instead of you eating the cost.

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Read-only access

No permissions to change resources

No code changes

No agents to install

Works in your Azure account

Keep your existing setup

Coverage that adapts

As your usage changes

Azure discounts should not require a leap of faith.

Savings Plans and Reserved Instances can deliver significant savings, but they become risky when Azure usage changes. Teams are forced to choose between lower costs and the flexibility to move fast.

Commitments stay in your account

Usage.ai purchases commitments directly in your Azure account. You stay in control.

Adapt as usage changes

We continuously adjust your commitment strategy as your Azure usage changes.

Cashback protects the downside

If usage drops, Cashback covers the eligible unused commitment value.

One system for
Azure commitment optimization.

From analysis to purchase to protection, Usage.ai runs the entire commitment lifecycle in your Azure account, so you don't have to.

01

Analyze

We analyze your Azure usage and identify savings opportunities across commitment types.

02

Recommend

We model the right mix of commitments based on your usage patterns and goals.

03

Purchase

Usage.ai buys and manages commitments in your account, automatically.

04

Protect

We continuously monitor, rebalance, and help protect eligible unused value as your usage changes.

Always analyzing. Always protecting. Never overpaying.

Every service.
One optimizer.

Usage.ai continuously optimizes commitments across the Azure services that power your business VMs, SQL, Cosmos DB, and dozens more.

More savings potential.
Less commitment downside.

Traditional commitments force a bet on future usage. Usage.ai removes that bet so you get the savings without the downside.

Traditional Azure commitments

Higher risk

You commit up front but if usage drops, you keep paying for capacity you don't use.

Committed capacity Your actual usage Wasted spend

Usage.ai Flex Insured Commitments

Protected

Coverage tracks your real usage and any unused portion is protected by cashback.

Optimized commitments Your actual usage Unused portion covered

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Azure commitment optimization, explained.

Get clear answers about Azure Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, account access, and how Usage.ai helps protect eligible unused commitment value.

01 What is Azure commitment optimization?

It's the practice of continuously matching your Azure Reserved Instance and Savings Plan purchases to your actual usage instead of committing once and hoping usage stays flat. Usage.ai automates this by analyzing your usage, buying and rebalancing commitments in your account, and protecting eligible unused value if your usage changes.

02 How does Usage.ai optimize Azure Savings Plans and Reserved Instances?

Usage.ai continuously analyzes your Azure usage patterns, models the right mix of Reserved Instances and Savings Plans for your workloads, and purchases and manages those commitments directly in your account rebalancing them automatically as your usage shifts, rather than locking you into a static commitment.

03 Does Usage.ai make changes to our Azure resources?

No. Usage.ai operates at the billing and purchasing layer buying and managing commitments without making changes to your Azure resources, architecture, or deployments.

04 What access does Usage.ai need to our Azure account?

Usage.ai requests read-only access to your usage and billing data to analyze spend, plus purchasing permissions scoped to commitment purchases (Reserved Instances and Savings Plans) not broader resource-management access.

05 What happens if our Azure usage drops?

If your usage drops below what you've committed to, Usage.ai calculates the unused portion of that commitment and returns it to you as Cashback paid out as money or credits, depending on your plan so you're not left paying for capacity you didn't use.

06 Which Azure services can Usage.ai optimize?

Usage.ai optimizes commitments across Azure VMs, Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, Databricks, App Service, Azure Functions (Premium), Dedicated Host, and Container Instances / Container Apps with more services added over time.