Cloud Cost Management: Cloud Provider API Usage charges beyond particular limit SummaryThis guide provides an overview of cost-incurring APIs from major cloud providers such as Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure. Google Cloud Platform (GCP): Overview: Google Cloud Platform provides a comprehensive set of APIs to support various services. While many APIs are free within certain usage limits, others may contribute significantly to costs based on usage patterns. Key Cost-Incurring APIs: APi used in billing download: APIs: https://bigquery.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2/projects/could-billin/jobshttps://bigquery.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2/projects/itam-billing/jobs/jobIDhttps://bigquery.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2/projects/itam-billing/queries/jobID Description: Allows users to interact with Google Cloud Big Query API.Cost Considerations: Loading data into the designated dataset is free; this action takes advantage of BigQuery's pool of shared resources to load data in batches. When exporting and analyzing Cloud Billing data with BigQuery, the associated cost depends on the amount of data you stream, store, and query.Many partitioned table operations are free, including loading data into partitions, copying partitions, and exporting data from partitions. Though free, these operations are subject to BigQuery's quotas and limits. Generally, querying the Detailed cost export might cost more than querying the Standard export. To optimize your costs, we recommend using the Standard export to analyze trends in your costs, and using the Detailed export to track costs at the resource level, and identify specific resources that might be driving your costs.. Recommender API: Description: The pricing and availability for accessing recommendations via Active Assist.Cost Considerations: Google Cloud generates most recommendations and insights for free to all customers. Availability via different exposure channels depends on a customer’s support. Premium recommendations require purchase of a SKU to enable the generation of these insights. Today, only Firewall insights is a premium recommendation. Availability API: Description: All customers can access recommendations via the UI and API. Customers will have different API quotas (see table below) depending on their support package.Cost Considerations: Exporting recommendations via BigQuery is available for customers with a Standard, Enhanced, or Premium support package.If customers have purchased Firewall Insights, they have full UI and API access, and can also export their insights to BigQuery export. GCP Support UI Access API Access (per organization) BigQuery exportNone or Basic 100 Reads per minute, 100 Reads per day, 100 Writes per minute, 100 Writes per day* *Standard, Enhanced, Premium 6,000 Reads per minute, 1,000,000 Reads per day, 3,000 Writes per minute, 100,000 Writes per day* = Committed Usage Discount (CUD) recommendations are always available in BigQuery Export, as well as the higher API quotas, regardless of Support level.Price calculator link for demo pricing -> https://cloud.google.com/products/calculator Microsoft Azure: Overview: Microsoft Azure offers a wide range of APIs catering to diverse needs. Understanding the cost implications of these APIs is crucial for effective budget management. Key Cost-Incurring APIs: Azure Metrics API: API: https://management.azure.com/{resourceUri}/providers/Microsoft.Insights/metrics?api-version=2018-01-01Description: Used to get the details about the resource in a given time slot.Cost Considerations: 0-25 time series - Free,25-1,000 time series - $0.751,000-5,000 time series - $0.5015,000-20,000 time series - $0.25020,000-50,000 time series - $0.10050,000+ time series - $0.051 API Pricing details: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/details/metrics-advisor/