Viewing the Usage of Savings Plans

Viewing Utilization Analyses

You can view the utilization of a savings plan in a specified period, including the total savings, pay-per-use cost equivalent, and amount deducted from the savings plan. If the utilization of a savings plan is low, you can add more pay-per-use resources that are eligible for the savings plan.

Savings plan utilization = Amount deducted from the savings plan/Total amount saved by using the savings plan x 100%

1. Log in to Cost Center.
2. Choose Savings Plans > Analysis > Utilization Analysis.
3. Set search criteria to view the savings plan utilization.
   1. Set Period to Monthly, Daily. You can query data from the last 18 months. Utilization is calculated based on how your savings plans applied to your usage over the look-back period.
      • Monthly: You can view the month-to-date and year-to-date utilization, and also the utilization from the last 3, 6, or 12 months. Also you can manually search for data within a specific period (18 months at most).
      • Daily: You can view the month-to-date utilization, and also the utilization from the last 7 days, 14 days, 30 days, or 3 months.
   2. View your utilization data over the selected period.

      Table 1 Savings plan utilization fields

      Field	Description	Example
      Average Utilization	Percentage of the savings plan that was used over the selected period	Suppose that you purchased an all upfront 3-year savings plan with an hourly price of $0.5 USD. During the selected period from June 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023, the total savings plan commitment is $360 USD. Suppose that your usage billed with the savings plan rates totals $180 USD during the selected period. Your utilization for that savings plan is 50% (180/360 x 100%). Suppose that the list price of your pay-per-use equivalent is $370 USD, the total savings will be $10 USD (370 - 360).
      Used Commitment	Amount of the savings plan that was used over the selected period
      Total Commitment	Total committed amount of the savings plan over the selected period Total Commitment = Hourly Commitment x Number of active savings plan hours over the selected period
      Total Savings	Amount of money saved after the savings plan was applied to your eligible resources over the selected period
      Pay-per-Use Cost Equivalent	Amount of money that you would have paid at the list price if the savings plan was not applied to your eligible resource usage over the selected period

   3. View your utilization trend over the selected period.
   4. Apply filters to include or exclude certain types of data. You can select up to 50 items for each filter.

      Table 2 Savings plan utilization filters

      Filter	Description
      Linked Account	Displays data for enterprise master/member accounts associated with the account to get savings plan utilization.
      Region	Displays data for a specified region (such as CN South-Guangzhou) to get savings plan utilization.
      Specifications	Displays specified specifications to get savings plan utilization.
      Type	Displays specified savings plan types to get savings plan utilization.

4. View savings plan utilization and click in the table if you want to export the savings plan utilization data.
   

   • You can click in the upper right corner of the table to control which fields are displayed.
   • When you export the savings plan data, if there is currently no data, 0% is displayed.

   Table 3 Fields in the exported table

   Field	Description
   Savings Plan ID	Unique identifier of the savings plan
   Account	Name of the account that purchases the savings plan
   Region	Region that the savings plan applies to
   Site	Site that the savings plan is used for
   Specifications	Specifications eligible for the savings plan
   Utilization	Percentage of the savings plan that was used Utilization = Amount deducted from the savings plan/Total amount saved by using the savings plan x 100%
   Savings	Total amount saved by using the savings plan compared to pay-per-use pricing

Viewing Coverage Analyses

You can view the coverage of a savings plan for a specified period, including the average coverage and the additional pay-per-use cost. If the coverage of a savings plan is low, you can purchase additional savings plans of the same type.

Savings plan coverage = Amount deducted from the savings plan/(Amount deducted from the savings plan + Cost of eligible usage not covered by the savings plan) x 100%

1. Log in to Cost Center.
2. Choose Savings Plans > Analysis > Coverage Analysis.
3. Set search criteria to view the savings plan coverage.
   1. Set Period to Monthly, Daily. You can query data from the last 18 months. Coverage shows how much of your eligible usage was covered by your savings plans over the look-back period.
      • Monthly: You can view the month-to-date and year-to-date coverage, and also the coverage from the last 3, 6, or 12 months. Also you can manually search for data within a specific period (18 months at most).
      • Daily: You can view the month-to-date coverage, and also the coverage from the last 7 days, 14 days, 30 days, or 3 months.
   2. View your coverage data over the selected period.

      Table 4 Savings plan coverage fields

      Field	Description	Example
      Average Coverage	Average coverage of all savings plans over the selected period Average coverage = Amount deducted from savings plans/(Amount deducted from savings plans + Cost of eligible usage not covered by savings plans) x 100%	Suppose you purchased a savings plan (discount: 48% off) and the hourly commitment is $2 USD/hour. If you have two pay-per-use instances and the unit price is $3 USD per instance per hour over the period from July 1, 2023 to July 2, 2023. In this case: The unit price after the savings plan is applied is $1.56 USD (3 x 0.52), and 1.282 (2/1.56) instances can be billed with the savings plan per hour. Over the selected period, the total amount deducted from the savings plan is $96 USD (2 x 48). The hourly additional pay-per-use cost is $2.154 USD ((2 - 1.282) x 3). Over the selected period, the total additional pay-per-use cost is $103.392 USD (2.154 x 48). The average coverage is calculated as follows: 96/(96 + 103.392) x 100% = 48.15%
      Additional Pay-per-Use Cost	Amount of pay-per-use resources uncovered by the savings plan over the selected period

   3. View your coverage trend over the selected period.
   4. Apply filters to include or exclude certain types of data. You can select up to 50 items for each filter.

      Table 5 Savings plan coverage filters

      Filter	Description
      Linked Account	Displays data for enterprise master/member accounts associated with the account to get savings plan coverage.
      Service Type	Displays data for a specified service type to get savings plan coverage.
      Region	Displays data for a specified region (such as CN South-Guangzhou) to get savings plan coverage.
      Specifications	Displays specified specifications to get savings plan coverage.
      Enterprise Project	Displays data for a specified enterprise project to get savings plan coverage.
      Cost Tag	Displays data for a specified cost tag to get savings plan coverage.
      Cost Category	Displays data for a specified cost category to get savings plan coverage.

4. View savings plan coverage and click in the table if you want to export the savings plan coverage data.
   

   • You can click in the upper right corner of the table to control which fields are displayed.
   • When you export the savings plan data, if there is currently no data, 0% is displayed.

   Table 6 Fields in the exported table

   Field	Description
   Linked Account	Account that uses the pay-per-use resource
   Service Type	Service type of the pay-per-use resource
   Resource Type	Resource type of the pay-per-use resource
   Region	Region where the pay-per-use resources were used
   Specifications	Specifications of the pay-per-use resources
   Usage Type	Usage type for the pay-per-use resources
   Used Commitment	Amount of the savings plan that was used over the selected period
   Additional Pay-per-Use Cost	Amount of pay-per-use resources that are not covered by the savings plan over the selected period
   Average Coverage	Average coverage of pay-per-use resources covered by the savings plan over the selected period

Optimizing Savings Plans Based on Utilization and Coverage

• High utilization and coverage: Your purchased savings plans are fully utilized, delivering significant savings.
• High utilization but low coverage: Many pay-per-use resources are not covered by the purchased savings plans. You can increase the savings plan commitment to reduce more costs.
• Low utilization and coverage: Your purchased savings plans are underutilized. Only few resources are covered by the savings plans. You can adjust the use of your resources so that as many as pay-per-use resources can be covered by the savings plans to reduce costs.
• Low utilization but high coverage: The commitment of your purchased savings plans greatly exceeds that required by your pay-per-use resources. You can try to lower the savings plan commitment or purchase other types of savings plans to best fit into your service requirements.