Azure Integration: Costs Metrics

  • Updated on Jul 2, 2025
  • Published on May 24, 2022
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Our goal at ControlUp is to help you manage your Azure cloud costs as efficiently as possible. The following article explains how to read Azure cost metrics within ControlUp and how to configure cost collection.

Cost-Related Metrics Per Service

You can view your costs by Azure component, such as Disk, Network, or Snapshot in the following views:

  • Month-to-Date. The actual cost for the current calendar month.

  • Last Month. The total cost sum of the last calendar month.

  • Forecast. An estimate of your subscription costs based on the data from Azure.

The table below shows the implemented cost metrics in the Real-Time DX Console and the VDI App. For more information on Azure metrics, see Azure Integration: Columns & Grids Overview.

Resource / Service Type

Available Timeframe

Metric Name

Application Insights

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ Application Insights Cost (Last Month)

AZ Application Insights Cost (Month-to-Date)

App Service

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ App Service Cost (Last Month)

AZ App Service Cost (Month-to-Date)

App Service Plan

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ App Service Plan Cost (Last Month)

AZ App Service Plan Cost (Month-to-Date)

Automation Account

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ Automation Account Cost (Last Month)

AZ Automation Account Cost (Month-to-Date)

Bastion

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ Bastion Cost (Last Month)

AZ Bastion Cost (Month-to-Date)

Compute Gallery

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ Compute Gallery Cost (Last Month)

AZ Compute Gallery Cost (Month-to-Date)

Compute Cost

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ Compute Cost - Last Month

AZ Compute Cost (Month-to-date)

Compute Images

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ Compute Images Cost (Last Month)

AZ Compute Images Cost (Month-to-Date)

DDoS Protection Plan

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ DDoS Protection Plan Cost (Last Month)

AZ DDoS Protection Plan Cost (Month-to-Date)

Disk Cost

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ Disk Cost - Last Month

AZ Disk Cost (Month-to-date)

Event Hub

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ EventHub Cost (Last Month)

AZ EventHub Cost (Month-to-Date)

Global Networking Routing Bandwidth Cost

Month-to-Date

AZ Microsoft Global Network Routing Bandwidth Egress Cost (Month-to-Date)

AZ Microsoft Global Network Routing Bandwidth Ingress Cost (Month-to-Date)

Inter-Continental Bandwidth Cost

Month-to-Date

AZ Inter-Continental Bandwidth Cost (Month-to-Date)

Inter-Region Bandwidth Cost

Month-to-Date

AZ Inter-Region Bandwidth Cost (Month-to-Date)

Key Vault

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ Key Vault Cost (Month-to-Date)

AZ Key Vault Cost (Month-to-Date)

Log Analytics

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ Log Analytics Cost (Last Month)

AZ Log Analytics Cost (Month-to-Date)

Machine Cost

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ Machine Cost - Last Month

AZ Machine Cost (Month-to-date)

NetApp Files

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ NetApp Files Cost (Last Month)

AZ NetApp Files Cost (Month-to-Date)

Network Cost

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ Network Cost - Last Month

AZ Network Cost (Month-to-date)

Network Security Groups

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ Network Security Groups Cost (Last Month)

AZ Network Security Groups Cost (Month-to-Date)

Network Watcher

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ Network Watcher Cost (Last Month)

AZ Network Watcher Cost (Month-to-Date)

Public IP

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ Public IP Cost (Last Month)

AZ Public IP Cost (Month-to-Date)

Scale Set Cost

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ Scale Set Cost - Last Month

AZ Scale Set Cost (Month-to-date)

Snapshot Cost

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ Snapshot Cost - Last Month

AZ Snapshot Cost (Month-to-date)

Storage Accounts Cost

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ Storage Accounts Cost - Last Month

AZ Storage Accounts Cost (Month-to-date)

SQL Server

Last Month

Month-to-Date

AZ SQL Server Cost (Last Month)

AZ SQL Server Cost (Month-to-Date)

AVD-related cost metrics

The following table provides an overview of month-to-date AVD costs. A detailed overview of AVD integration metrics can be found in the article AVD Integration: Metrics Overview

Resource Type

Metric Name

Visible In

AVD Compute

AVD Compute Cost (Month-to-Date)

Host Pool, Subscription, Resource Group, Workspace, Host Pool

AVD Machines

AVD Machine Cost (Month-to-Date)

Workspace, Host Pool

AVD Data Disks

AVD Data Disk Cost (Month-to-Date)

Workspace, Host Pool

AVD OS Disks

AVD OS Disk Cost (Month-to-Date)

Workspace, Host Pool

AVD Total Disk

AVD Total Disk Cost (Month-to-Date)

Workspace, Host Pool

General Cost Metrics

We defined additional cost metrics that aren't service related, such as forecast costs or the costs for machines that that were in Stopped mode.

  • AZ Cost. Includes costs for non-IaaS resources.

  • AZ Stopped Machines Cost (Last Month). The aggregated metric shows the costs associated with stopped machines in the past month.

  • AZ Forecast Cost. Shows a projection of your Azure subscription's estimated costs.

Costs Views - Actual Costs vs. Amortized Costs

Azure offers customers significant cost saving opportunities. ControlUp allows you to represent costs in one of the following ways across the Real-Time DX Console and the VDI App:

  • Actual Costs are the costs of resource consumption without reservations.

  • Amortized Costs take upfront reservations into account. If you have reserved instances in your Azure environment, you will likely want to see the daily or monthly quota of this reservation. This cost view splits the reservation quota into a daily billing.

The currently used cost type is shown under the AZ Cost Type column.
AZ Cost Type column highlighted in the Folders view in the Console.

How to Change the Cost Type

By default, all Azure costs are shown as Actual Costs. To see amortized costs, follow the steps below:

  1. In the Controllers pane of the console, click Registry and select the data collector machine.

  2. Under Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Smart-X\ControlUp\Agent, create subkey Azure Data Collection. If this subkey already exists, skip to step 3.

    Registry editor highlighting the folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFWTARE > Smart-X > ControlUp > Agent > Azure Data Collection.

  3. Create the following value: AzureCostType, type: REG_DWORD, value data: ActualCost or AmortizedCost.

  4. Restart the ControlUp Agent on the data collector to see the changes.

  5. Connect again to your Azure subscription. After connecting, the cost view changes from ActualCost to AmortizedCost.

    AZ Cost Type column displays 'AmortizedCost'.

Billing Currency

The billing currency shown in AZ Currency column by default is US Dollars (USD). If your subscription is billed in another currency, follow the steps below:

use the following registry settings on the
on the data collector machine:

Registry Key: (create the ExclusionRules key if it does not exist):you need to create a new registry key on the data collector machine.

  1. In the Controllers pane of the console, click Registry and select the data collector machine.

  2. Under Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Smart-X\ControlUp\Agent, create subkey Azure Data Collection. If this subkey already exists, skip to step 3.

  3. Create the following value: AzureCurrencyType, type: REG_SZ, value data: CostUSD (default, costs in USD)or Cost (costs in subscription currency).

  4. Restart the ControlUp Agent on the data collector to see the changes.