Revolutionizing Cloud Financial Management with Integrated Q&A Capabilities

New York, NY — November 21, 2024 — Cloud Scal3 Inc., a leader in cloud financial management solutions, is excited to announce the release of Amazon Q in QuickSight FinOps Center Framework, now available in the AWS Marketplace. This cutting-edge framework is designed to transform how organizations monitor, manage, and govern AWS costs while enhancing financial operations with an integrated Q&A experience.

The Framework seamlessly combines AWS Cost & Usage data with your Chart of Account & Budgets context data managed through the FinOps Center. This integration empowers businesses to achieve unparalleled insights into AWS spending while optimizing their FinOps processes.

Key Features

• Interactive Q&A for Deeper Insights: FinOps Center CCoE (Cloud Center of Excellence) users can ask specific questions related to spending, credits, cost centers, and business units, offering a detailed view of AWS expenditures.
• Workload-Centric Governance: Product Owners can define workloads and cost estimates, providing teams and management with the tools to control costs and enforce spend governance.
• Product Budget/Cost Center Period Approvals: Product Owners and Portfolio Managers can use detailed consumption data to drive informed approval decisions for better financial oversight.
• Out of the Box RLS: All user Q&A is scoped to their financial responsibility via FinOps Center entitlements.
• Seamless AWS Integration: Built on serverless services, the Framework integrates smoothly into customers’ AWS Cloud Estate, with pricing based on actual consumption of Amazon Q in QuickSight and supporting services.
• Procurement Spend Visibility: CCoE and Vendor Managers gain insights into spending patterns by purchase type—such as OnDemand, Savings Plans, or Reserved Instances—across cost centers and organizational groups.
• AWS Program Tracking: For customers managing AWS programs like PPA and MAP, the Framework provides detailed Q&A insights into spending accruals and credits, ensuring accurate tracking and maximizing benefits. (coming soon)

Availability

The Amazon Q in QuickSight FinOps Center Framework is available at no additional charge to existing FinOps Center customers. Like FinOps Center, the Framework is packaged as CloudFormation and deployed on serverless AWS infrastructure, delivering enterprise FinOps processes and governance without adding IT management complexity.

About FinOps Center

FinOps Center is cloud financial management built for the humans. As cloud adoption transitions from developers to traditional IT buyers, FinOps Center provides the core processes and governance required to expand AWS deployments confidently. FinOps Center is offered in three versions, including a Free Version supporting up to 10 AWS accounts. Learn more on the AWS Marketplace.

About Cloud Scal3 Inc.

Based in New York, Cloud Scal3 Inc. is a pioneering product company committed to normalizing cloud adoption. By automating and integrating public cloud platforms with legacy applications and processes, Cloud Scal3 delivers transformative solutions such as FinOps Center, enabling organizations to streamline operations and maximize efficiency.

For more information about the Amazon Q in QuickSight FinOps Center Framework or to schedule a demo, visit https://www.finopscenter.com or contact us at salesteam@cloudscal3.com.