Azure Cost Optimizer

A powerful CLI tool that analyzes Azure resources and identifies cost optimization opportunities. Provides actionable recommendations with projected savings across compute, storage, networking, and database services.

Features

• 30 cost checks across 5 categories (Compute, Storage, Networking, Database, General)
• Severity classification — HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW with effort estimates
• Beautiful terminal output — Rich tables, panels, color-coded findings
• Export reports — JSON and CSV formats for stakeholder sharing
• Demo mode — Try instantly without Azure credentials
• Filtering — By severity level or resource category
• Optimization grading — Letter grade (A-F) based on savings potential

Quick Start

Install

pip install -e .

Run Demo

azure-cost scan --demo

See All Checks

azure-cost summary

Usage

Scan with Demo Data

# Full scan with demo data
azure-cost scan --demo

# Filter by severity
azure-cost scan --demo --severity HIGH

# Filter by category
azure-cost scan --demo --category COMPUTE

# Export JSON report
azure-cost scan --demo --export-json report.json

# Export CSV report
azure-cost scan --demo --export-csv findings.csv

# Combine filters and export
azure-cost scan --demo --severity HIGH --category DATABASE --export-json critical-db.json

Available Commands

What It Checks

Compute (7 checks)

Storage (5 checks)

Networking (5 checks)

Database (8 checks)

General (5 checks)

Architecture

azure_cost_optimizer/
├── cli.py              # Click CLI entry point
├── scanner.py          # Orchestrator — runs all analyzers
├── models.py           # Data models (Severity, Category, CostFinding, etc.)
├── demo.py             # Demo mode with realistic mock data
├── analyzers/
│   ├── base.py         # Abstract base analyzer
│   ├── compute.py      # VM, scale set, app service checks
│   ├── storage.py      # Disk, snapshot, storage account checks
│   ├── networking.py   # Public IP, load balancer, NAT gateway checks
│   ├── database.py     # SQL, Cosmos DB, Redis, MySQL checks
│   └── misc.py         # Resource groups, tags, regions
└── output/
    ├── console.py      # Rich terminal rendering
    └── report.py       # JSON/CSV export

Development

# Install with dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest -v

# Run linter
ruff check .

# Run with demo
azure-cost scan --demo

Tech Stack

• Python 3.9+ — Core runtime
• Click — CLI framework
• Rich — Terminal formatting and tables
• pytest — Testing framework
• ruff — Linting

License

MIT License — see LICENSE for details.

Author

Sanjay S — Senior DevOps Engineer

• GitHub: @SanjaySundarMurthy
• Portfolio: sanjaysundarmurthy-portfolio.vercel.app