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 from the Samsung Cloud Platform Console. To apply for Cost Savings, follow the steps below.

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

2. On the Service Home page, click the Cost Savings request button. 2. Navigate to the Cost Savings Plan Application page.

3. On the Cost Savings plan application page, enter the information required for the Cost Savings plan application.

   Category	Requirement status	Detailed description
   Plan group	Required	Select the plan group to set the plan If no plan group is available, create a plan group on the plan group list page and then proceed. For details on creating a plan group, see Cost Savings 플랜 그룹 생성하기
   Plan name	Required	Enter the name of the plan to create Cannot be changed after the plan is created Enter using Korean, English, numbers, and special characters (+=,.@_-) within 3 to 24 characters
   Reference usage fee	Select	Select a past billing period to reference 7 days (default), 30 days, 60 days can be selected 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 recommending You can manually enter a billing plan
   View charge history	Select	Select the previous billing verification period to reference for 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	Selection	Select plan period
   Contracted amount per hour (￦)	Selection	Enter hourly contract amount Recommended contract amount: Analyzes non‑contract usage history to suggest a contract amount. Varies by contract period Manual entry: Directly enter the hourly contract amount KRW: Only integer values between 10 and 1,000,000 are allowed USD: Values between 0.01 and 900.00 are allowed. Up to two decimal places are permitted
   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 announcing the Cost Savings request opens, click the Confirm button.

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

2. On the Service Home page, click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings Plan Group menu. 2. Go to the Cost Savings Plan Group List page.

3. On the Cost Savings Plan Group List page, click the Create Plan Group button. 3. Go to the Create Plan Group page.

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

   Category	Required or not	Detailed description
   Plan group name	Required	Enter the plan group name using Korean, English, numbers, and special characters (+=, .@-_) between 3 and 24 characters
   Explanation	Selection	Description of the plan group
   Target Account	Required	Select the Account for the plan group target

   Table. Cost Savings Plan Group Application Information

   Reference

   Target Account when selected, any Target Account already belonging to a 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.

Check detailed information of the Cost Savings 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 the steps below.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. 1. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings Plan Group menu. 2. Go to the Cost Savings Plan Group List page.
3. Click the plan group name to view detailed information in the Cost Savings list. 3. Navigate 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‑contract resources for a specific period.

Utilization

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

Cost Savings Delete Plan Group

You can delete the Cost Savings plan group.

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

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. 1. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings Plan Group menu. 2. Navigate to the Cost Savings Plan Group List page.
3. In the Cost Savings plan group list, select all plan groups you want to delete, then click the Delete button at the top of the list.
   • Cost Savings Plan Group Details page’s Delete Plan Group button can be clicked to delete individually as well.
4. When the deletion notification popup 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 the new Cost Savings plan, follow the steps below.

1. All Services > Financial Management > Cost Management Click the menu. 1. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. Click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings Plan menu on the Service Home page. 2. Cost Savings Plan List Navigate to the page.
3. Cost Savings Plan List on the page, click the Apply for Plan button. 3. Go to the Cost Savings Plan Application 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 announcing the Cost Savings request opens, click the Confirm button.
   • Once creation is complete, check the created budget on the Budget Management list page.

Check detailed information of the Cost Savings plan

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. 1. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. Click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings Plan menu from the Service Home page. 2. Go to the Cost Savings plan list page.
3. Click the plan name to view detailed information in the Cost Savings list. 3. Cost Savings Plan Details Navigate to the page.
   • 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 the plan’s tag information, and add, modify, or delete it.

Cost Savings Terminate Plan

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. 1. Navigate to the Service Home page of Cost Management.
2. On the Service Home page, click the Cost Savings > Cost Savings Plan menu. 2. Navigate 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 Cancel button on the Cost Savings Plan Details page.
4. When the termination notification popup opens, click the Confirm button.