Cost management

In KakaoCloud console Billing service, you can estimate and manage costs of resources in various ways.
Through Estimated cost inquiry, you can check expected costs calculated based on resource usage and pricing policies, and there may be differences from final billed amount.
Budget management allows you to monitor costs by billing group, project, service, and tag, manage usage amounts based on configured budget cycles and thresholds, and receive notifications when budget is exceeded.
Cost report management provides weekly or monthly cost summaries via email, allowing you to easily track cost trends and changes over time.

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To access Billing > Cost management menu, user must have two required permissions. If both permissions are not satisfied, access to cost management menu is not allowed.

• Grant IAM permissions: Request organization administrator to assign at least one of Billing admin, Billing manager, Billing viewer roles. These roles provide basic access to cost management menu. However, Billing admin has create/update/delete permissions, while Billing manager and Billing viewer have read-only permissions.
• Register in main billing group: After IAM permissions are granted, user must be registered in main billing group to use budget management and cost report management features across all billing groups.

Manage budget

Budget management calculates usage amount based on configured budget and selected scope, and allows management of usage amount and usage ratio per budget cycle.
You can set threshold conditions and receive notifications when exceeded.

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• Usage amount in budget management is calculated based on estimated billed amount including service usage fees or discounts, and some discounts such as credits may be excluded, resulting in differences from actual billed amount.

1. Go to KakaoCloud console > Billing menu.
2. In Cost management menu, check Budget management tab.

View budget list

You can check cost status such as budget amount, usage amount, and threshold status based on configured budgets.

Category	Description
Name	Name of budget set by user
Budget amount	Budget amount set by user
Usage amount	Amount used per budget cycle - Displays difference between configured budget and actual usage; shown in red if exceeded, green if within budget - Displayed in KRW with truncated decimals; may differ from detailed view
Usage ratio	Ratio of usage compared to budget - Displayed as integer with truncated decimals; may differ from detailed view
Budget cycle	Cycle for budget configuration - Monthly, quarterly, yearly, or custom period - Usage amount resets on first day of each cycle   ㄴ(Example) Quarterly → usage resets on October 1, 2025 (start of Q4) - Custom period has fixed one-time cycle without reset; usage calculated within configured start and end date
Budget status	Status based on usage - Normal or ended - Ends when no target exists or period ends - Immediately ends if no target; if period ends, status changes from next month
Last modified date	Last modification date
Created date	Creation date
Created by	Creator

Create budget

You can manage costs by setting budget amount, scope, and thresholds.

Category	Item	Description
Basic information	Budget name	Enter name of budget - Duplicate names not allowed within same domain
Budget settings		Basic configuration for budget - Budget managed based on cycle, period, and amount; historical data available up to 2 years
	Budget cycle	Select monthly, quarterly, yearly, or custom period - Automatically applied based on cycle
	Budget period	Select period based on cycle; up to 10 years - Past dates from January allowed within current year - Can set without end date; custom period requires period selection up to 1 year
	Budget amount	Enter budget amount - Up to 1 trillion KRW
Budget target		Scope for calculating usage
	Billing group	Select billing group scope
	Project	Select project scope - Only projects within selected billing group
	Service	Select service scope
	Pricing type	Select usage amount or estimated billed amount - Usage amount: excludes discounts - Estimated billed amount: includes discounts
Tag		Metadata for resource classification (key and value) - Format: 'key:value'; if value not selected, applies as 'key:all' - 'key:all' includes all values under key except no-tag   ㄴ(Example) env only → includes env:dev, env:stage, env:prod - Up to 5 items
Notification condition		Send notification when threshold met
	Type	Ratio (%) or fixed amount (KRW)
	Threshold	Enter threshold - Example: 3% or 3,000,000 KRW
	Condition	Only supports exceed
	Notification cycle	Select notification frequency - Immediate (once), 10 AM (once), 10 AM (3 times) - 10 AM (3 times): sent once daily for 3 days - May take minutes after condition is met; slight delay possible
	Enable notification	Enable email notification
Notification recipients		Enter email addresses - Up to 10

View budget detail

You can check detailed information such as usage ratio and amount.

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• Use Go to estimated cost inquiry link to check detailed usage.
    ㄴ Grouped by project/service; period fixed to last 6 months.
• When selecting tag value as all, budget management excludes no-tag values, but estimated cost inquiry includes them, causing differences.
    ㄴ(Example) Budget management: env:all → includes env:dev, env:stage, env:prod
    ㄴ(Example) Estimated cost inquiry: env:all → includes env:dev, env:stage, env:prod, env:no-tag

1. Go to KakaoCloud console > Billing.
2. In Cost management, open budget management tab.
3. Click budget name to view details.

Tab	Category	Description
Details		View budget status and details - Usage resets at start of each cycle - Historical data up to 2 years
	Budget status	- Usage ratio: up to two decimal places - Budget amount - Usage amount
	Budget amount	- Period - Budget amount - Usage amount
Target scope		View scope for calculation - New projects/services not automatically included unless selected as all
	Target scope	- Domain - Billing group - Project - Service - Pricing type
	Tag	Metadata in key:value format
Notification		View conditions and recipients
	Notification condition	- Type - Threshold - Condition - Cycle - Enable notification
	Recipients	- Email

Update budget

You can update name, tag, and notification settings.

1. Go to KakaoCloud console > Billing.
2. In Cost management, open budget management tab.
3. Select budget.
4. Click [Update budget].
5. Modify fields.
   - Cycle, period, amount, billing group cannot be changed.
6. Click [Update].

Delete budget

You can delete unused budgets or disable notifications.

1. Go to KakaoCloud console > Billing.
2. Open budget management tab.
3. Select budget.
4. Click [Delete budget].
5. Enter name.
6. Click [Delete].

Manage cost report

Cost report management aggregates usage periodically and provides weekly or monthly reports via email.

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• Report amount is estimated billed amount including discounts; may differ from actual billed amount.

1. Go to KakaoCloud console > Billing.
2. Click cost report management tab.

View cost report list

Category	Description
Name	Report name
Report type	Weekly or monthly
Schedule	Delivery schedule
Enable delivery	Enable or disable
Status	Based on target existence
Last sent	Last delivery time
Last modified	Modification date
Created date	Creation date
Created by	Creator

Create cost report

Category	Item	Description
Basic information	Report name	Enter name
Report period		Configuration
	Report type	Weekly or monthly
	Delivery date	Select schedule
Target		Scope
	Billing group	Select
	Project	Select
	Service	Select
Tag		Metadata
Delivery settings		Configuration
	Enable delivery	Enable
	Email	Up to 10

View cost report detail

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• Use estimated cost inquiry link for details.

1. Go to console.
2. Open cost report tab.
3. Click report name.

Tab	Category	Description
Details		View info
	Report name	Name
	Schedule	Delivery
	Last sent	Time
	Created by	Creator
	Created date	Date
	Target scope	Scope
	Tag	Metadata
Delivery management		Manage delivery
	Enable delivery	Toggle
	Recipients	Emails

Update cost report

1. Go to console.
2. Open tab.
3. Select report.
4. Click [Update cost report].
5. Modify settings.
6. Click [Update].

Delete cost report

1. Go to console.
2. Open tab.
3. Select report.
4. Click [Delete cost report].
5. Enter name.
6. Click [Delete].