GCP cost audit for startups from a billing export
Export GCP billing to a file and review it by service, project and SKU. This is a short checklist for a startup, run without giving anyone access to your account.
- Export billing data from the Cloud Billing console as a CSV, or from the BigQuery export.
- Sort by project. Old experiment projects that still run are a frequent source of spend.
- Sort by SKU. Compute Engine core and RAM lines, persistent disks and network egress are the usual big items.
- Check idle disks and IPs. Unattached persistent disks and reserved external IPs bill whether or not anything uses them.
- Review committed use discounts only for workloads you expect to keep running.
Try it on your own bill
CloudCostAI reads a billing export (AWS Cost and Usage Report, GCP billing export or Azure usage CSV) and returns findings with fix steps. It needs no access to your cloud account. Run the free report (one a month), or buy the one-time audit for $179: every detector, the migration estimate and a written review (current plans). Pro is $19/month, Team $99/month.
Findings are estimates from billing lines, not utilisation metrics. Check each one against real usage before changing anything.