New in Hyperglance v8.1: Budgets
Staying on top of cloud costs is a constant challenge, especially as usage grows across accounts, services, and teams. That’s why we’re excited to introduce Budgets, a powerful new feature in Hyperglance that helps you track, manage, and stay alert to your cloud spend, before things get out of hand.
With Budgets, you can set clear financial limits, choose between rolling or fixed budget periods, and receive alerts the moment your spend crosses a defined threshold. Whether you’re managing ongoing operational costs or a short-term project budget, this new tool gives you the visibility and control to stay ahead.
An example of Hyperglance's budget designer
Feature Spotlight
You can view, edit and delete budgets via Cost > Budgets.
You can create new budgets via Cost > Budgets > Budget Designer.
Designing a budget in Hyperglance
- Create custom budgets for any account, region, service, or transaction type
- Choose between rolling or fixed periods to suit your operational or project-based needs
- Visualize spend vs. budget with interactive charts and daily granularity
- Set alert thresholds (e.g. 80%) to trigger proactive notifications
- Send alerts via Email, Slack, or Microsoft Teams to keep the right people informed
- Add names, owners, and descriptions to make budgets easier to manage and audit
- Track progress and variance at a glance from the budget overview dashboard
- Review detailed cost breakdowns by day and export data for reporting
Why use Budgets?
Here’s why Hyperglance Budgets is a must-have for FinOps and cloud teams:
Prevent Budget Surprises: Catch overspend before it happens. Budgets let you set thresholds (e.g. 80%) and alert stakeholders the moment you're approaching or exceeding targets.
Track Spend How You Work: Choose between fixed-period budgets for projects or rolling monthly budgets for ongoing operations. No matter your workflow, Budgets fits in.
Focus on What Matters: Use powerful filters to create budgets by account, region, service, or even transaction type, so you can zero in on what matters most to your team.
Collaborate Smarter: Share budgets and route alerts to the right people via email, Slack, or Microsoft Teams. That means fewer surprises and fewer firefighting sessions.
Simplify Reporting: Combine visual graphs with detailed daily breakdowns. Budget insights are easy to export and share, making stakeholder reporting painless.
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Release Details
When are Budgets Released?
Budgets are available now.
If you have configured automatic updates, this new release is available immediately.
It will be downloaded and updated automatically (if it hasn't been already). Use these instructions to pull the latest update manually, or enable automatic updates.
Whether your updates are automated or manual, all your existing configurations remain intact during & after the upgrade. The only changes you will see are the new features.
Who can access Budgets?
All Hyperglance customers with up-to-date installs will get access to the new features.
There's no extra cost either - it's included in your standard Hyperglance package.
How can I provide feedback?
Please log a support ticket, or email Stephen Lucas, Chief Product Officer (slucas@hyperglance.com).
Schedule an Overview
Want to see more? Book a quick call with our team to get a personal walkthrough of the new release and explore how it can help you stay on top of your cloud costs. Use the scheduler below to pick a time that works for you.
Why Teams Choose Hyperglance in 2026
Hyperglance is a strong fit when cost data alone doesn’t give your team enough context.
That often happens when teams are asking questions like:
- What is running across our cloud estate?
- Who owns this resource?
- Why did this cost change?
- What else depends on it?
- Is this safe to clean up?
- Which policy, security, or compliance issue needs attention?
- Can we route this to the right owner or trigger an approved action?
We help teams connect cloud cost to infrastructure context across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes. That means FinOps, CloudOps, platform, security, and leadership teams can work from the same view.
Hyperglance is especially useful for mid-market, enterprise, MSP, public sector, and regulated environments where ownership, governance, automation, and data control matter.
What You Can Do With Hyperglance
- See cost, resources, relationships, and ownership in one place
- Visualize cloud architecture with interactive diagrams
- Find waste, policy issues, and cost anomalies faster
- Route findings to the right team through existing workflows
- Use no-code automation for approved fixes
- Run Hyperglance in your own environment when data control matters
Want to see where Hyperglance fits in your FinOps stack?
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About The Author: Stephen Lucas
As Hyperglance's Chief Product Officer (CPO), Stephen is responsible for the Hyperglance product roadmap. Stephen has over 20 years of experience in product management, project management, and cloud strategy across various industries.
