Introducing the Beta 3.0 Program for the Aquila Clouds Platform
We’re thrilled to unveil the Beta 3.0 Program for the Aquila Clouds Platform, designed to deliver cutting-edge capabilities for cloud financial and billing management. As part of this program, participants will gain exclusive early access to our latest features, providing enhanced visibility, governance, and cost efficiency across your cloud environments.
What’s New in the Beta 3.0 Program?
Building on the success of our previous betas, Beta 3.0 introduces significant advancements and refinements to our core features, along with exciting new capabilities:
Advanced Tag Management
Tagging is the cornerstone of effective cloud cost management and FinOps. Our Tag Management feature empowers cloud organizations to properly tag resources for better visibility, governance, and financial accountability.
Common Challenges:
- Complex Cost Center Organization: Difficulty structuring tags into hierarchical cost centers that are configurable and navigable.
- Unaccounted or Misclassified Resources: Inefficient tag validation leading to incorrect grouping of resources.
- Limited Tag Visibility: Lack of full visibility into tags across cloud environments.
How Our Solution Helps:
- User-Defined Tagging Policies: Define and enforce tagging rules for compliance.
- Policy Inheritance & Enforcement: Enforce organization-wide tagging with flexibility for overrides.
- Tag Rectification: Directly correct non-compliant tags on the platform.
- Tag-Based Cost Insights: Visualize consumption trends with detailed breakdowns.
- Policy Compliance Metrics: Monitor and audit compliance in real-time.
Kubernetes Cost Analysis
Kubernetes is the backbone of modern workloads, but its dynamic nature makes cost analysis challenging.
Common Challenges:
- Lack of cost visibility into Kubernetes workloads.
- Inability to compare costs across clusters, namespaces, or deployments.
- Limited drill-down capabilities for granular cost breakdowns.
How Our Solution Helps:
- Real-Time Cost Insights: Track and compare costs across self-managed and cloud-managed Kubernetes services (EKS, AKS, GKE, and on-prem).
- Granular Cost Analysis: Break down costs by Cluster, Namespace, Deployment, and Node.
- Custom Filtering & Grouping: Gain actionable insights with relevant cost dimensions.
- Workload Chargeback & Showback: Allocate costs to business units, teams, or projects.
- Time-Based Trends: Analyze historical cost trends to optimize budgets.
Databricks Cost Analysis
Databricks workloads generate significant cloud costs, yet visibility and allocation remain challenges.
Common Challenges:
- Lack of cost visibility into Databricks accounts and workspaces.
- Inability to allocate costs accurately across teams and departments.
- Limited insights into cost breakdowns by cloud provider, tag, account, and workspace.
How Our Solution Helps:
- Granular Cost Analysis: Break down costs by cloud provider, account, workspace, and tag.
- Real-Time Chargeback & Showback: Allocate expenses with automated reporting.
- Custom Filtering & Grouping: Identify optimization opportunities with detailed data slicing.
- Time-Based Cost Trends: Analyze trends for improved financial planning.
Support for VMware-Based Clouds
VMware remains a key virtualization technology, but managing cloud costs and resource efficiency is complex.
Challenges for VMware-Based Public Cloud Hosting:
- Lack of a usage-based billing solution.
- Need for FinOps capabilities for end-users’ cloud cost management.
Challenges for VMware-Based Private Cloud Hosting:
- Rising VMware licensing costs.
- Insufficient ESX server utilization visibility.
- Wastage due to over-provisioned virtual resources.
How Our Solution Helps:
For Public Cloud Hosting:
- Automated Usage-Based Billing: Enable billing via vSphere data ingestion.
- Full FinOps Solution: Provide observability, cost optimization, and budget control.
For Private Cloud Hosting:
- Optimization of Virtual Resources: Reduce VMware resource footprint and licensing costs.
- ESX Server Utilization Insights: Improve cost efficiency with real-time utilization metrics.
ConnectWise PSA Integration – BillOps
Our platform now seamlessly integrates with ConnectWise PSA, simplifying cloud billing management for MSPs and resellers.
Common Challenges:
- Manual & Time-Consuming Invoicing: Traditional invoicing processes require manual effort, leading to inefficiencies and errors.
- Billing Inaccuracies: Inconsistent data reconciliation causes discrepancies in cloud service charges.
- Lack of Automation: MSPs struggle to scale billing operations due to the absence of automation tools.
How Our Solution Helps:
- Automate & Streamline Invoicing: Reduce manual work and improve accuracy.
- Ensure Billing Accuracy & Efficiency: Eliminate errors with automated reconciliation.
- Leverage BillOps Module: Gain comprehensive cloud financial management tools for seamless operations.
Why Join the Beta 3.0 Program?
By participating, you’ll:
- Be the first to explore our newest features before the public release.
- Provide valuable feedback to refine and improve the platform.
- Gain access to dedicated support from our product team.
- Receive 4 weeks of complimentary access to the new features in production.
What Our Leadership Is Saying
Desmond Chan, Chief Product Officer and Co-founder:
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