Effective Average Compute Cost per Core
Definition
Average cost, after amortization of unused commitment discounts, of each Core per calendar month.
Formula, as published
(Effective Cost + Unused Commitment Discount Cost + Compute Cost) / Total number of Cores
- Data sources:
- CSP Billing Data
Calculate it
Example values to start with; replace them with yours.
Where this calculator differs: The published formula adds effective cost, unused commitment cost and compute cost. On most bills the compute cost is already inside the effective cost, so adding it again would count it twice; this calculator adds the first two only.
From the FinOps Foundation
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Definition and formula: Effective Average Compute Cost per Core, FinOps KPI library, FinOps Foundation, licensed CC BY 4.0, read 16 Oct 2026. Changed: HTML removed, dashes and British spellings changed, formula split from its data sources and examples. The calculator and the notes are Finitizer’s.
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