DoiT's industry leading anomaly detection solution just got better with the ability to detect and alert for AWS cost spikes in close to real time. Rather than solely relying on the AWS billing data- which refreshes every 24 hours- to detect anomalies, DoiT Anomaly Detection can now also analyze usage metrics in near real time to catch cost spikes even before they show up in billing data.

This ability to take immediate action on anomalous AWS spend will be a big help for cloud operations teams in their efforts to keep cloud spend under control. By getting alerted as soon as costs go beyond their expected range, teams can quickly investigate and diagnose the problem, then take any necessary steps to remediate the issue. This capability is currently limited to AWS EC2 service only, but we more will be adding more cloud services in the coming months. DoiT users can tell whether an anomaly is based on real-time data because the source will be “Real-time usage data” rather than “Billing data.”

You can also determine whether an anomaly is still an ongoing issue by using the “Active” and “Inactive” labels, as well as being able to see if an anomaly has been acknowledged by another member of the team, all for the larger purpose of ensuring that unexpected surges in cost are dealt with quickly to minimize the impact on the monthly cloud bill.

This near-real-time capability for DoiT Anomaly Detection is limited to customers who are subscribed to a DoiT Cloud Intelligence Enhanced or Enterprise plan. To learn more about our Anomaly Detection solution, please consult the documentation in the DoiT Help Center.

DoiT Cost Anomaly Detection has added a new enhancement to simplify your anomaly management workflow. Previously, you could acknowledge anomalies, categorize them, and add comments directly within the console. Now, we’re bringing this functionality to your Slack!

Anomaly acknowledgment is a crucial step in managing your alerts—by marking anomalies as acknowledged, you can easily track which issues have been addressed and which still require attention. This ensures you stay on top of what needs resolution and helps avoid overlooking critical alerts.

With this new update, when you receive an anomaly notification via Slack, you can acknowledge, categorize, and add comments directly from the notification itself—no need to navigate to the console. This update saves you time and helps you stay on top of important alerts faster, all from the convenience of your Slack channel. Below are some of the screens:

Acknowledge option in Slack notifications

Acknowledge anomaly workflow in Slack

To learn more about acknowledge anomaly via Slack, check out our documentation in the Help Center. 

Cloud billing can get complex, and unexpected costs can catch you off guard. Now, you can be notified whenever a new SKU appears in your billing data—helping you stay informed, avoid surprises, and take control of your cloud spend.

This new notification type enables you to:

• Stay ahead of changes: Get alerts for new SKUs that could impact costs.
• Flexible delivery: You can choose how to receive alerts—via Slack, Email, Microsoft Teams, or directly in the app.

How it works?

• A new SKU is defined as one that has not appeared in your billing data for at least three months.
• Subscribers can configure how and where to receive these alerts.

You can manage or unsubscribe from this notification anytime in the Governance section under Notification Settings in the Notification Center.

Want to get started? Check out our setup guide in the Help Center.

DoiT Insights helps you optimize your cloud infrastructure by providing actionable recommendations for reducing costs, improving security, and adopting architectural best practices. Today, we're making it easier to identify which recommendations you can implement right away with our new "Easy Win" designation.

Some cloud optimizations aren't always straightforward to implement. Some require significant planning, upfront costs, or risk assessment before implementation. To help you prioritize, we've identified a set of optimizations with minimal technical complexity.

Look for the ‘Easy win’ badge in your Insights page to find these high-confidence, low-effort optimizations.

Want to learn more? Check out our help center or view your Insights.

Monitor the costs and AWS credits of workloads migrated through AWS’s Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) with AWS MAP Lens, an out-of-the-box dashboard by DoiT that gives you a comprehensive financial view of your MAP migration.

If you have tagged AWS resources with the “map-migrated” tag, the AWS MAP Lens will auto populate your spending and credits from past 12 months in a set of pre-defined widgets:

Here is the description of each widget:

• MAP Spend History helps you track your migration spending trajectory and validate if actual costs match your TCO calculations, ensuring you can identify and respond to any concerning spending patterns early.
• MAP Spend by Service shows which AWS services are driving your migration costs, helping you spot optimization opportunities and validate if your service adoption aligns with the planned migration strategy.
• MAP Spend by Account enables you to monitor costs across different workloads and accounts, ensuring each migration project stays within budget while helping with cost allocation and prioritization decisions.
• MAP Spend by Resources breaks down the costs of your migrated workloads to individual components — EC2 instances, S3 buckets, or RDS databases for example — helping you validate proper MAP tagging and make optimization decisions based on actual resource-level usage.
• MAP Credits History tracks the credits AWS provides based on your successfully migrated workloads, showing you the actual financial benefits you're receiving through MAP over time. 

We are also actively developing an auto-tagging capability for the AWS MAP workloads using CloudFlow. 

To learn more about AWS MAP Lens, please consult our documentation in the DoiT Help Center.

We've redesigned the anomaly details interface in DoiT Anomaly Detection to make critical information easier for you to scan and understand. The new layout organizes key data into clear sections:

• Status and timeline
• Cost impact and severity
• Account, Service and SKU context
• Next steps

All of the detailed insights you rely on are still there, just presented in a more digestible format. Check out the refreshed interface in the screenshot below, or view an anomaly on your own account.

To learn more about Anomaly Detection, check out our documentation in the Help Center.

We have revamped our Budgets! They now support:

1. Flexible Scoping: You can now define a budget scope with any dimension you like, for example a set of accounts or projects, one or multiple regions… you name it!
2. Budget vs. Actuals View: Quickly see how you are performing toward your budget for the period.

The new Budget vs. Actuals View is designed to give you a detailed and comprehensive look at performance following your budgets. This view allows you to easily compare your projected budget with the actual expenses incurred in the current period. This gives you a clear understanding of where your money is being spent and helps you identify any areas where you may be overspending. You can also view your spending forecast, allowing you to make informed decisions before it is too late.

You can access the new Budget Versus Actuals View by clicking on View budget in the 3-dot menu for your budget:

We continue to improve Budgets and will be releasing some more exciting news soon!

DoiT Forecasting is now enhanced with the support of "Forecast per grouping" in addition to the "Total forecast".

Planning for future cloud spend just got easier and more granular. The forecasting capability in Cloud Analytics is now able to project future spend using the ‘Group by’ dimension for current and future months. By forecasting each ‘Group by’ dimension’s value, you’ll be able to:

• Help engineering teams set realistic hiring/expansion plans based on their infrastructure spend trajectory
• Track cost ratios between environments (e.g., dev should be 1/10th of prod) to ensure healthy spend allocation
• Surface zombie projects or accounts that should be flat/declining but show growth

Below is the "Forecast per grouping” view once enabled 

To learn more about Forecasting per grouping please refer to the Forecasting documentation in the Help Center.

Today, we’re expanding our notification support to Microsoft Teams, joining the existing channels of email and Slack. This new integration enables customers to have the same advanced notification capabilities that have been available to Slack users.

What does this mean for you?

• Notifications Centralized: Receive critical notifications directly within your Microsoft Teams channels so the important information reaches the right people at the right time.
• Customization and Control: Just like with Slack, you can customize your notifications to fit your needs, reducing noise and focusing on what truly matters.
• Security and Privacy: Enables notification within private Teams and channels where sensitive information is safe and only available to select members.
• Easy Setup: Notifications within Microsoft Teams are quick and simple to set up. You can refer to our Help Center documentation for the process.

Ready to explore this new integration? Head over to our Help Center for all the details!