Current service

GCP Cost Visibility Setup

A fixed-scope setup for GCP billing export, dashboards, alerts, recommendation review and handover.

Built for startups and small product teams that need clearer Google Cloud spend visibility before committing to a full FinOps platform.

What this service does

I set up or validate the billing data foundation, cost views, dashboard structure, budget alerts and handover material your team needs to understand GCP spend.

The goal is practical visibility: what is driving the bill, what changed, who should review it, and what is worth looking at next.

The problem this solves

Google Cloud already provides a large billing toolkit. The issue is that small teams rarely have time to configure it properly, decide what matters, and turn cost information into a monthly habit.

Common symptoms:

  • Cost tables show invoice detail but do not create an operating rhythm
  • Budget emails go to the wrong people or get ignored
  • FinOps Hub recommendations need context and ownership
  • Billing export is powerful but requires decisions on datasets, views, permissions, dashboards and maintenance

What is included

  • Billing export setup or validation
  • BigQuery dataset and view decisions
  • Looker Studio or saved BigQuery cost views
  • Service, project, SKU and trend visibility where the data supports it
  • Budget alerts and notification routing
  • FinOps Hub recommendation review
  • CUD readiness check where relevant
  • Handover pack and walkthrough

What is not included

This is not a production optimisation sprint or an enterprise FinOps rollout.

  • No guaranteed savings
  • No production infrastructure changes
  • No CUD purchases on your behalf
  • No deep BigQuery query tuning
  • No GKE rightsizing project
  • No broad Project Owner access

Best fit

This is most useful for small GCP teams with meaningful spend, no dedicated cost owner and a bill that has become hard to explain.

  • Meaningful GCP spend, usually around $10k-$80k per month
  • Multiple services or projects driving cost
  • BigQuery, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, Vertex AI or similar usage
  • No dedicated FinOps or cloud cost owner
  • Engineering leaders who want a practical monthly review habit
  • A need to understand spend before changing production workloads

Pricing

Most engagements sit between $1.5k and $3k, depending on billing setup, number of projects, alerting requirements and whether dashboards already exist.

The free call confirms whether this is worthwhile before you share detailed billing data.