Cost Savings

Users can set time commitments for instance-based services in the Compute, Database, and Data Analytics service categories of the Samsung Cloud Platform Console to reduce usage costs.

Apply for Cost Savings

You can apply for and use Cost Savings in the Samsung Cloud Platform Console. To apply for Cost Savings, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.

2. On the Service Home page, click the Cost Savings Apply button. You will be taken to the Cost Savings Plan Apply page.

3. Cost Savings Plan Application page: enter the information required for the Cost Savings plan application.

   Category	Required?	Detailed description
   Plan Group	Required	Select the plan group to configure the plan If the plan group you want to configure does not exist, create a plan group on the plan group list page first, then proceed For details on creating a plan group, see Cost Savings Create Plan Group
   Plan name	Required	Enter the name of the plan to create Plan cannot be changed after creation
   Reference usage fees	Select	Select past billing period to reference 7 days (default), 30 days, 60 days selectable When selected, recommends an hourly commitment rate based on the charges during that period If there is an existing applied Cost Savings, it is excluded from the billing history before recommendation Billing plan can be entered manually
   View charge history	Select	Select the previous billing verification period to reference when recommending a pricing plan 7 days, 30 days, 60 days If there is an existing Cost Savings applied, exclude the existing Cost Savings from the billing history
   Contract period	Select	Select plan application period
   Hourly contracted amount (₩)	Select	Enter hourly contract amount Recommended contract amount: Analyzes non-contract usage history to recommend a contract amount. Varies by contract period Manual entry: Directly enter the hourly contract amount
   Plan start date	Required	Select plan start date Selectable from the day after application

   Table. Cost Savings application information

4. After checking the estimated discount amount, click the Create button.

5. When the popup that notifies a Cost Savings request opens, click the Confirm button.

   • When creation is complete, check the created budget on the Budget Management list page.

Cost Savings Plan Group Management

You can create and manage Cost Savings plan groups.

Create Cost Savings Plan Group

To create a Cost Savings plan group, follow the steps below.

1. Click the All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. You will be taken to the Service Home page of Cost Management.

2. On the Service Home page, click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings Plan Group menu. You will be taken to the Cost Savings Plan Group List page.

3. On the Cost Savings Plan Group List page, click the Plan Group Creation button. You will be taken to the Plan Group Creation page.

4. Cost Savings Plan Group Application page, after setting the basic information and target Account, click the Create button.

   Category	Required?	Detailed description
   Plan group name	Required	Enter the name of the plan group using Korean, English, numbers, and special characters (+=,.@-_) to be between 3 and 24 characters
   Explanation	Select	Explanation of the plan group
   Target Account	Required	Select the Account for the plan group

   Table. Cost Savings plan group application information

   Reference

   When selecting Target Account, any target account already belonging to the plan group created by the Management Account will not appear in the list.

5. When the popup notifying the creation of a plan group opens, click the Confirm button.

Cost Savings View detailed information of the plan group

You can view the list of Cost Savings plan groups that are currently applied or pending, along with detailed information. To view detailed information of the Cost Savings plan group, follow these steps.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings Plan Group menu. You will be taken to the Cost Savings Plan Group List page.
3. Click the plan group name to view detailed information from the Cost Savings list. You will be taken to the Cost Savings Plan Group Details page.
   • Cost Savings Plan Group Details page consists of Basic Information, Plan, Coverage, Utilization tabs.

Basic Information

You can view basic information about the plan group.

Plan

You can view the plan information included in the plan group.

Coverage

You can view coverage with Cost Savings applied to non‑contracted resources for a specific period.

Utilization

You can view the used amount, unused amount, and savings amount relative to the committed amount for Cost Savings.

Delete Cost Savings plan group

You can delete the Cost Savings plan group.

Cost Savings To delete the plan group, follow these steps.

1. Click the All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. You will be taken to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings Plan Group menu. Navigate to the Cost Savings Plan Group List page.
3. After selecting all plan groups to delete from the Cost Savings plan group list, click the Delete button at the top of the list.
   • You can also delete individually by clicking the Delete Plan Group button on the Cost Savings Plan Group Details page.
4. When a popup indicating deletion opens, click the Confirm button.

Cost Savings Plan Management

You can create and manage Cost Savings plans.

Apply for Cost Savings plan

To apply for a new Cost Savings plan, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. You will be taken to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings plan menu. You will be taken to the Cost Savings plan list page.
3. On the Cost Savings Plan List page, click the Plan Apply button. You will be taken to the Cost Savings Plan Apply page.
4. On the Cost Savings Plan Application page, enter the information required for the Cost Savings plan application.
5. After checking the estimated discount amount, click the Complete button.
6. When the popup notifying the Cost Savings application opens, click the Confirm button.
   • When creation is complete, check the created budget on the Budget Management list page.

Cost Savings Check detailed plan information

You can view the list of Cost Savings plans that are currently applied or pending, along with detailed information. To view detailed information of the Cost Savings plan, follow the steps below.

1. Click the All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. You will be taken to the Cost Management Service Home page.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings Plan menu. You will be taken to the Cost Savings Plan List page.
3. Click the plan name to view detailed information from the Cost Savings list. Cost Savings Plan Details page will be opened.
   • Cost Savings Plan Details page consists of Basic Information, Tag tabs.

Basic Information

You can view basic information about the plan group.

tag

You can view a plan’s tag information and add, modify, or delete it.

Cost Savings Plan Termination

You can cancel the Cost Savings plan you are currently enrolled in.

To cancel the Cost Savings plan, follow the steps below.

1. Click the All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings plan menu. You will be taken to the Cost Savings plan list page.
3. After selecting all plans to cancel in the Cost Savings plan list, click the Delete button at the top of the list.
   • You can also cancel individually by clicking the Plan Cancellation button on the Cost Savings Plan Details page.
4. When the pop-up notifying termination opens, click the Confirm button.