Reports
The Reports page lets you generate professional cloud cost reports for different audiences — from executive summaries for leadership to detailed technical reviews for engineering teams.
Report templates
CLARITY provides four pre-built templates, each tailored to a specific audience:
| Template | Audience | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Executive Summary | C-suite, Finance | High-level spend, trends, and key savings opportunities |
| Detailed Analysis | Cloud/FinOps team | Deep dive into all cost dimensions with full data |
| Board Presentation | Board of Directors | Strategic overview with quarter-over-quarter trends |
| Technical Review | Engineering leads | Resource-level detail, right-sizing, and performance data |
Each template pre-selects the most relevant sections for its audience, but you can customize which sections to include.
Available sections
Reports are composed of modular sections. Select any combination:
| Section | Contents |
|---|---|
| Executive Summary | Total spend, MoM change, top savings, AI-generated narrative |
| Spend Analysis | Cost breakdown by service, category, region, and provider |
| Right-Sizing | Instance optimization recommendations with savings estimates |
| Optimization | All actionable recommendations ranked by savings potential |
| Anomalies | Detected cost anomalies during the reporting period |
| Forecast | Projected spend for the next 30 and 90 days |
| Commitments | Active commitments, utilization rates, and new recommendations |
| Inventory | Full resource inventory with cost and state information |
| Kubernetes | Cluster costs, namespace allocation, and K8s insights |
| Showback | Tag-based cost distribution by team or department |
| Cross-Account | Multi-account comparison with provider summary, top movers, and waste hotspots |
| AI Validation | AI analysis results for insights and recommendations |
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For recurring stakeholder reports, start with a template and remove sections that are not relevant. This keeps reports focused and readable.
Custom section selection
When creating a report, you can:
- Start from a template to get a sensible default selection
- Add or remove sections using the checkbox list
- Reorder sections by dragging them into your preferred sequence
- Save as a custom template for future use
Report generation
On-Demand reports
Click Generate Report to create a report immediately. The report covers the currently selected date range and provider filter.
AI-Enhanced narratives
When AI analysis is enabled, report sections include AI-generated narrative summaries that:
- Explain cost trends in plain language
- Highlight the most impactful findings
- Provide context for anomalies and recommendations
- Summarize the overall health of your cloud spend
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AI narratives adapt to the report audience. Executive reports use business-friendly language, while technical reports include more detail about resource types and configurations.
Scheduling reports
Set up automated report delivery on a recurring schedule:
- Select the report template and sections
- Choose the frequency:
- Daily
- Weekly (select day of week)
- Monthly (generated on the 2nd of each month)
- Add email recipients
- Optionally set a provider filter (all providers or a specific one)
Scheduled reports are generated automatically and delivered to the specified email addresses.
PDF export
All reports can be exported as professionally formatted PDF documents:
- Cover page with organization name, report title, and date range
- Table of contents for multi-section reports
- Print-optimized layout with proper page breaks and margins
- Charts and tables rendered for print readability
Click the Export PDF button on any generated report to download it.
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PDF exports are ideal for sharing with stakeholders who do not have access to the CLARITY platform, or for archiving monthly cost reports.
Organization-Aware reports
If you have multiple cloud accounts within an organization (AWS Organizations, Azure Management Groups), reports can include organization context:
- Org hierarchy visualization
- Per-account cost breakdown within the org
- Cross-account trends and anomalies
This context is automatically included when organization data is available.
Cross-Account executive report
The Cross-Account Executive template provides a consolidated view across all connected cloud accounts in a single report. It is designed for organizations managing multiple accounts across different providers.
The report includes:
- KPI summary — Total projected spend, month-over-month change, total waste, and number of active accounts
- Provider summary — Aggregated spend and account count per cloud provider
- Account ranking — All accounts ranked by projected spend, showing MTD cost, MoM change, waste, and waste ratio
- Top movers — Accounts with the largest month-over-month cost changes (positive or negative)
- Waste hotspots — Accounts with the highest optimization potential, ranked by waste amount
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Use the Cross-Account report to identify which accounts need attention. Accounts with high waste ratios or large MoM increases are the best candidates for immediate optimization.