The MSP Cost Challenge
When you manage 10, 50, or 100+ customer Azure environments, cost optimization becomes a different problem entirely. You can't log into each tenant individually, run Azure Cost Management queries, export to Excel, and compile a report. That approach doesn't scale.
And yet, cost management is one of the highest-value services an MSP can offer. Customers expect you to keep their cloud bill optimized — they're paying you to manage it, after all.
What MSPs Need
Cross-Tenant Visibility
See cost data from all customer tenants in a single dashboard. No portal-hopping, no credential juggling, no context switching. One view, every customer.
Per-Customer Reporting
Generate cost reports for each customer — showing current spend, waste detected, optimization opportunities, and month-over-month trends. Exportable as PDF for client reviews.
Waste Detection at Scale
Run waste detection across all customers simultaneously. Identify orphaned disks, idle VMs, and over-provisioned resources across the entire managed portfolio. Total up the savings opportunity per customer.
White-Label Branding
Present reports and dashboards under your own brand. Custom logo, colors, support email, and login page — your customers see your brand, not ours. The platform disappears; your brand takes center stage.
Budget Alerts
Set per-customer budget thresholds and get notified when spending exceeds defined limits. Proactive cost management instead of month-end surprises — and proof to customers that you're watching.
Building a Cost Optimization Practice
The most successful MSPs don't just monitor costs — they build a practice around optimization:
- Baseline — Run initial scans across all tenants, document current waste
- Quick wins — Clean up orphaned resources, shut down idle VMs, right-size obvious outliers
- Reserved instances — Identify stable workloads that would benefit from 1-year or 3-year reservations
- Ongoing monitoring — Set up alerts, generate monthly reports, track FinOps score trends
- Client communication — Share savings reports monthly, demonstrate the value you're delivering
Each step strengthens the client relationship and justifies your management fees.
The Unsave MSP Approach
Unsave's MSP plans provide:
- Unlimited customer tenants
- Cross-tenant security and cost dashboard
- Per-customer posture scoring and cost analysis
- White-label branding with custom domain
- Customer-specific alert rules and budgets
- PDF report generation and scheduled delivery
- Reseller billing with custom markup
Each customer's data is fully isolated — multi-tenant architecture with per-user credential isolation ensures no cross-contamination.
Manage Azure costs across all your customers. MSP plans start at $99/month. Learn more at unsave.io/pricing.