Connect CostTrail with Azure SQL to track, analyze, and optimize your cloud database costs across managed instances, elastic pools, and serverless deployments.
Unleash powerful cost management capabilities by integrating CostTrail with Azure SQL
Track all Azure SQL costs in one dashboard across databases, managed instances, and elastic pools with detailed breakdowns by resource type and compute model.
Identify the most cost-effective compute model (DTU vs. vCore, serverless vs. provisioned) for your specific database workloads based on actual usage patterns.
Monitor storage consumption and backup retention policies to optimize data storage costs while maintaining compliance with recovery requirements.
Allocate Azure SQL costs to specific applications, projects, or business units based on resource tags for accurate chargeback and accountability.
Connect your Azure SQL account in minutes with our guided setup
Link your Azure account to CostTrail using secure service principal authentication with read-only access to billing and SQL resource data.
Select which Azure SQL servers, databases, and managed instances to track, and set up custom cost allocation dimensions.
Define resource tags that will be used for attributing Azure SQL costs to business units, applications, or environments.
Activate Azure SQL-specific analysis tools like DTU/vCore utilization tracking, storage monitoring, and elastic pool analytics.
How organizations leverage the CostTrail-Azure SQLintegration
IT teams use CostTrail to analyze costs across their Azure SQL estate, identifying opportunities to consolidate databases into elastic pools or migrate to the most cost-effective deployment option.
Organizations with hybrid SQL Server environments use CostTrail to optimize costs during cloud migration, comparing on-premises and Azure costs for data-driven migration decisions.
Database administrators use CostTrail to balance high-availability requirements with cost efficiency through optimized geo-replication, backup strategies, and performance tier selection.
Common questions about the Azure SQL integration
