Google Introduces Cost Forecast Feature for Cloud Billing

Google has introduced a new cloud-billing feature that it says will enable enterprises to budget costs better by allowing them to quickly see how much they are likely to spend on cloud usage in a particular month. The new forecasting feature lets administrators see how costs are trending during a particular month and how much they are projected to spend based on current usage. Enterprises can get such forecasts for their entire Google billing account or down to individual servers in a single project. The goal is to give enterprises more visibility into their cloud spending so they can better align strategic priorities with cloud usage said Phillip Coletti, product manager, Google Cloud Platform in a blog July 9.