Cost Allocation Articles

Best Practices May 10, 2026

FOCUS Specification 1.2: A Practical Guide to Unified Cloud Cost Data Across AWS, Azure, and GCP in 2026

FOCUS 1.2 is reshaping how FinOps teams normalize cloud billing data. This hands-on guide shows how to enable FOCUS exports on AWS Data Exports, Azure Cost Management, and GCP Billing Export, then query the unified schema with SQL to build true multi-cloud cost dashboards.

Hannah Lindqvist 9 min read

Best Practices Mar 09, 2026

Cloud Cost Tagging Strategy: How to Enforce Tags on AWS, Azure, and GCP with Terraform

Poorly tagged cloud environments waste 40% more than well-tagged ones. This guide provides working Terraform code and cloud-native policies to enforce cost allocation tags across AWS, Azure, and GCP — plus scripts to measure compliance and auto-remediate tag drift.

Priya Ramanathan 18 min read