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Alerts and Notifications

Alerts & Notifications (Cloud > Alerts & Notifications) is a centralized area for managing how you are informed about changes, events, and conditions in Cloud Cost Optimization. Alerts is the first available capability in this area.

Alerts​

Alerts help you monitor important conditions related to cloud spending. When you create an alert, such as a budget alert or a cost anomaly alert, you receive an email when the alert is triggered. For example, if you create a budget alert for a cost plan, you will receive an email when spending for that cost plan exceeds the defined budget threshold.

The Alerts page (Cloud > Alerts & Notifications > Alerts) provides a centralized location to view and manage alert configurations. From this list view, you can see key details for existing alerts and quickly create, edit, pause, resume, or delete alerts to help you manage cloud spending proactively.

The following alert types are available:

  • Budget alert—Notifies you when spending for a cost plan reaches a defined budget threshold. Available threshold types are spending-to-budget ratio and absolute spend.

  • Anomaly alert—Notifies you when spending for one or more cloud vendor accounts deviates significantly from historical patterns. Available threshold types are deviation and cost impact. Note that this alert type is not yet available to all customers.

An alert can trigger more than once if conditions continue to meet the defined thresholds, helping you stay aware of ongoing or recurring issues. You can share alerts with other users so they also receive alert emails. If those users also have access to Cloud Cost Optimization, they can view the alert on the Alerts page.

For information on how to create and manage an alert, see Managing Alerts.