az-scout-plugin-compare-cost-between-regions 2026.5.0

az-scout plugin for comparing Azure costs between regions using Cost Management exports

az-scout-plugin-compare-cost-between-regions

An az-scout plugin for comparing Azure costs between regions using Enterprise Agreement billing exports.

What it does

Upload your Detail Enrollment CSV (usage details) and optionally your PriceSheet ZIP to:

1. Analyse usage — Aggregate monthly costs per SKU for a selected MeterRegion, with a billing summary breakdown by service category
2. Compare regions — Upload your EA PriceSheet ZIP and select a target region to estimate what the same workload would cost in a different Azure region

3-step workflow

Step	Name	Description
1	Prerequisites	Select billing account type (EA or MCA) and follow download instructions for the required files
2	Usage Analysis	Upload the Detail Enrollment CSV, select a source MeterRegion, view aggregated SKU costs and billing summary
3	Region Comparison	Upload the PriceSheet ZIP, select a target region, compare costs side-by-side

Key features

• 2-step SKU matching — MeterId → source PriceSheet row → region-agnostic product key → target region lookup
• UoM normalization — Handles different UnitOfMeasure formats across regions (e.g. 1 TB/Month vs 100 GB/Month)
• BasePrice disambiguation — Correctly matches pricing tiers when the same product has multiple SkuIDs
• ARM ↔ MeterRegion mapping — 65+ region mappings between ARM slugs and PriceSheet abbreviations
• Sortable tables — via simpleDatatables with numeric column sorting
• CSV export — Download usage analysis and comparison results
• EA/MCA documentation — Step-by-step download instructions aligned with Microsoft documentation

Supported billing account types

• Enterprise Agreement (EA) — fully supported
• MCA / MPA — download instructions shown, but analysis not yet validated

Setup

# Install the plugin (editable mode for development)
cd az-scout-plugin-compare-cost-between-regions
uv sync --group dev
uv pip install -e .

# Start az-scout — the plugin is auto-discovered
az-scout

Structure

src/az_scout_compare_cost_between_regions/
├── __init__.py      # Plugin class + module-level instance
├── _log.py          # Logger helper
├── pricing.py       # PriceSheet matching, UoM normalization, cost comparison engine
├── routes.py        # FastAPI routes: /compare-pricesheet, /region-mapping
├── tools.py         # MCP tool: compare_cost_between_regions
└── static/
    ├── css/         # Plugin styles (dark/light theme support)
    ├── html/        # HTML fragment (3-step wizard)
    └── js/          # Tab UI logic, CSV parsing, aggregation

API routes

Method	Path	Description
POST	/compare-pricesheet	Upload PriceSheet ZIP + items JSON, returns comparison results
GET	/region-mapping	Returns ARM ↔ MeterRegion mapping dictionaries

MCP tool

• compare_cost_between_regions(file_path, meter_region, source_arm_region, target_arm_region) — Analyse a Detail Enrollment CSV and return a comparison structure

Quality checks

uv run ruff check src/ tests/
uv run ruff format --check src/ tests/
uv run mypy src/
uv run pytest

CI/CD

• CI (.github/workflows/ci.yml): Runs lint and tests on push/PR to main
• Publish (.github/workflows/publish.yml): Triggered on version tags (v*), builds package, creates GitHub Release, publishes to PyPI via trusted publishing (OIDC)

Versioning

Version is derived from git tags via hatch-vcs. Tags follow CalVer: v2026.4.0, v2026.4.1, etc.