Unlocking Real Value With Centric’s Cloud Cost Optimization and Monitoring Service

Ensuring that you are getting the most value from your cloud spend can be a challenge. Centric Consulting’s new Cloud Cost Optimization and Monitoring (CCOM) service is a fixed-fee engagement that delivers insights, not just dashboards.

In brief:

• Centric’s Cloud Cost Optimization and Monitoring (CCOM) framework is a fixed-fee alternative to competitors who base their fees on your annual cloud spend.
• CCOM’s easy-to-use tools capture the “why” and “how” of your cloud spend, helping you to deliver value more quickly.
• Also unlike competitors, CCOM’s assessments, recommendations, continuous monitoring and alerts are built in with no additional overhead.
• Watch our video to hear Centric data and analytics experts’ full explanation of CCOM.

Organizations today face mounting pressure to maximize return on investment (ROI) while keeping costs under control. Yet the complexity of cloud billing and the rapid evolution of services often leave teams guessing where their money goes — and how to spend smarter.

That’s where Centric Consulting’s Cloud Cost Optimization and Monitoring (CCOM) framework stands apart. Unlike traditional tools that simply report what you’ve spent, CCOM delivers clarity, actionable insights and measurable savings — all at a predictable fixed fee.

What Makes Centric’s CCOM Different?

Most cloud financial management (CFM) tools on the market — whether from hyperscalers or big-name vendors — are priced as a percentage of your annual cloud spend. This model is fundamentally misaligned with cost-cutting goals: The more you spend, the more you pay for the tool. CCOM flips that logic with a fixed-fee engagement, ensuring predictable pricing and true alignment with your optimization objectives.

Beyond pricing, CCOM emphasizes ease of use and speed to value. While many enterprise-grade tools require complex onboarding and ongoing configuration, CCOM offers:

• A deep-dive assessment using billing metadata and Azure application programming interfaces (APIs) to uncover immediate, context-sensitive savings opportunities
• Actionable recommendations — not just dashboards — so you know the “why” and “how” behind every cost reduction
• Continuous monitoring and alerts to catch anomalies before they become expensive mistakes
• Six-month reassessments to keep pace with evolving cloud environments

How Centric’s Cloud Cost Optimization and Monitoring Service Compares to Market Leaders

According to Gartner, CFM tools use “algorithms, statistical models, and/or AI/machine learning (ML) in support of cost reports, dashboards, and/or other mechanisms/interfaces that provide capabilities to monitor cost, utilization and value indicators.”

Market leaders such as IBM, Flexera and Broadcom deliver these capabilities — but at enterprise scale and cost, often bundling them with broader architecture management.

CCOM delivers these core capabilities without the overhead:

• Configurable dashboards and daily updates for transparency
• Rightsizing and idle resource detection for efficiency
• Custom alerts and proactive anomaly detection to mitigate financial risk
• Actionable remediation guidance without requiring complex integrations or coding

Why This Matters Now

Global enterprise software company Flexera found that 84 percent of leaders surveyed said managing cloud spend is their top current priority. In the next year, leaders’ top priorities are optimizing cloud usage (72 percent) and better cloud cost reporting (47 percent).

These leaders’ concerns make sense, because poor cloud financial management will stall or slow cloud migrations. The stakes are high: Without sound practices, organizations risk runaway costs and diminished business value.

CCOM helps you avoid that future by combining technical depth with practical, business-aligned insights — delivering ROI that often exceeds the cost of the service within the first year.

Are you ready to explore CCOM but aren’t sure where to start? Our data and analytics experts can help your organization take control of your cloud spend and stay ahead of costly surprises.  Talk to an Expert