Cloud cost allocation

Ternary’s cloud cost allocation engine gives you full visibility and control over cloud spending across your multi-cloud environment. Our platform helps you align costs to actual usage fairly, accurately, and in near real-time.

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Distribute cloud costs quickly and fairly

Simplify cost allocation across teams, projects, and services with Ternary’s multi-cloud cost management software.

Example of a dynamically weighted allocation rule

Reallocate costs with precision

Reassign charges between teams, departments, or business units as your organization evolves. Distribute charges proportionally or by fixed percentage across business units and keep cost awareness high and resource allocation fair and traceable.

Automate allocations with custom rules

With Ternary’s cloud cost allocation tool you can create custom rules to handle recurring charges without the usual manual hassle. Set when and how they apply, and let the platform update your line items. Showbacks, chargebacks, proportional splits, you name it, Ternary supports it. Your cloud budget will always reflect the most current state of cloud usage and savings.

Allocate savings where they matter most

In addition to cloud costs, Ternary helps you distribute savings intelligently. You have the flexibility to allocate savings from commitment-based discounts across your organization. Maximize the impact and reinforce cost awareness where it counts.

The Linux Foundation drives operational efficiency with Ternary

“The Ternary team has been great to work with. From the early days of contract discussions to providing product feedback and requests, they act as an extension of our team. Being able to partner at that level is really beneficial to us. Our partnership with Ternary has been successful from an ROI standpoint, because we don’t have to invest in hiring a full-time team for FinOps.”

Decisions uses Ternary for a single source of truth across AWS, GCP, and Azure

“Before using Ternary, it would take me hours to analyze our cloud costs. Now, I have a single source of truth for all my cloud spending across Google Cloud, Azure, and AWS. With Alert Tracking, I can instantly identify and investigate cost changes, saving me valuable time and ensuring we meet our growth and margin objectives.”

Rackspace partners with Ternary to deliver value to Google Cloud customers

“Ternary is a very well-thought-out cost management platform for GCP—one of the best, from what I’ve seen in the market, and from a feature set standpoint. Ternary is also a very good relation to have overall, if you’re in the GCP business.”

FAQs

What is cloud cost allocation?

Cloud cost allocation is the process of splitting a cloud bill across teams, departments, or projects based on actual usage. It ensures that each group is accountable for the cloud resources they consume and supports showback and chargeback practices to drive cost ownership.

How does Ternary allocate cloud costs?

Ternary Cost Allocation enables users to create and manage cost billing rules to support accurate chargeback, showback, and cost redistribution strategies. With Ternary you can reallocate costs using static proportions or dynamic weighting.

What are different types of cost allocation?

There are several types of cost allocation, including fixed percentage, proportional allocation based on usage, and rule-based distribution. Organizations may split shared costs like support fees across departments, based on cloud resource usage, tags, or business logic.

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