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Actionable Cloud Cost Forecasting - Powered by Retool | Widle

🧠 The Problem

  • Most companies get blindsided by overages - because they rely on:
  • Static, delayed budget reports
  • Manual exports from each cloud provider
  • Poor visibility across teams and environments

They know what was spent - but not why or what's coming next.


*🚀 The Solution: * Retool-Powered Cloud Forecasting Dashboards
Using Retool, Widle builds customized internal apps that allow you to:
✅ Forecast monthly or quarterly spend using real-time usage trends
✅ Visualize projected overages for specific teams, projects, or services
✅ Map forecasts to tags, business units, or cost centers across AWS, Azure, and GCP
✅ Trigger alerts or Retool Workflows when thresholds are about to be exceeded
✅ Simulate impact of scaling decisions or service changes before implementation


🔗 No Data Movement Required
You can connect directly to your billing sources:
BigQuery (for GCP)
Athena (for AWS)
Azure Synapse Analytics

This means no redundant pipelines - just real-time querying on the data you already collect.


🛠 Forecasting, Customized for Your Business
Widle's approach includes:

  • Billing data harmonization
  • SKU normalization across clouds
  • Forecast logic tailored to your usage and business model
  • Optional AI/ML integration for trend detection and anomaly alerts
  • Embedded metrics for engineering and finance to stay aligned

📊 The Outcome
Clients using our Retool forecasting tools have reported:

  • 20–30% reduction in surprise billing
  • Faster budget realignment across departments
  • Better prioritization of engineering spend
  • Clear communication between DevOps and Finance

👷 Ready to build your Cloud Cost Forecasting Tool?

Widle specializes in end-to-end Retool development - from infrastructure mapping to dashboard delivery.
🔗 Book a 30-min call: https://calendly.com/widlestudio/30-minute-introductory-meeting
 📩 Or email us: info@widle.studio

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