Cost Management

Oscar provides cost tracking and analysis for your cloud infrastructure. Configure cost data sources, monitor warehouse status, and get AI-powered spending insights.

Setup Cost Tracking

Configure cost data sources with /cost setup:

/cost setup

Supports:

• AWS - Cost and Usage Reports (CUR)

• Azure - Cost Management exports

The setup wizard guides you through selecting your cloud provider, configuring export locations, setting up access credentials, and validating the configuration.

AWS setup:

AWS cost setup

Azure setup:

Azure cost setup

Check Warehouse Status

View your cost data warehouse status with /cost status:

/cost status

Cost warehouse status

Shows:

• Configured cost sources

• Last sync time

• Data freshness

• Available date ranges

• Any sync errors or warnings

Get Cost Summary

Analyze spending patterns with /cost summary:

/cost summary

Oscar analyzes your cost data and provides month-over-month spending trends, top cost drivers by service, unusual spending patterns, and cost optimization opportunities.

Cost breakdown by service:

See your spending organized by cloud service with month-over-month comparisons and percentage changes.

Cost summary table

Flagged findings:

Oscar identifies unusual spending patterns, cost spikes, and potential issues that need attention.

Cost flagged findings

Next steps:

Get actionable recommendations for cost optimization and investigation priorities.

Cost next steps

The summary is AI-generated based on your actual cost data, providing context-aware insights specific to your infrastructure.

Cost Data Warehouse

Oscar uses DuckDB to create a local cost data warehouse. Cost data is:

• Synced from your cloud provider's cost exports

• Stored locally in ~/.config/oscar/cost/

• Queried for analysis and reporting

• Never sent to external services (runs entirely locally)

Notes

• Cost data requires initial setup via /cost setup

• First sync may take several minutes depending on data volume

• Data is refreshed automatically when you run /cost status or /cost summary

• Historical data availability depends on your cloud provider's export retention

• All cost analysis runs locally using DuckDB