Cast AI's Price adjustment feature allows you to apply custom pricing to your cloud resources, helping align cost reporting and optimization decisions with your actual cloud costs. This guide walks you through setting up your first price adjustment in the Cast AI console.

Prerequisites

• Cast AI account with the necessary permissions within your organization
• At least one connected cluster
• Access to pricing for your cloud resources (e.g., enterprise discount program details)

Create your first adjustment

1. Navigate to Optimization > Price adjustments in the Cast AI console sidebar
2. Click the Add adjustment button in the top right corner

Basic adjustment configuration

In the drawer that opens, configure the options for the creation of your adjustment.

Enter a descriptive name for your adjustment entry

This name will help you identify the adjustment in reports and the node list.

Configure resource filters

1. Select your cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

   

2. Define instance constraints

   • Filter by instance families (e.g., m5) or specify individual instance types (optional)
   • Choose from resource offerings:
     • On-demand
     • Spot

Define adjustment parameters

1. Select adjustment type

   • Choose the pricing adjustment you want to apply:
     • Discount: Reduce the public list price
     • Surcharge: Increase the public list price
     • Custom pricing: Replace the public list price with a specific value

2. Specify adjustment details

   • Choose what to adjust:
     • CPU
     • Memory
     • Instance (applies to the whole instance)
   • Select value type:
     • Flat: Apply a fixed dollar amount ($/hour)
     • Percentage: Apply a percentage change
   • Enter the adjustment value

3. Set active period

   • Define when the adjustment starts
   • Set an end date (optional)

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Note

Price adjustments are not retroactive and only apply to future costs.

Apply cluster constraints

1. Set geographical scope

   • Select specific regions, choose availability zones, or leave as "All" to apply the adjustment globally.
   
   

2. Choose target clusters

   • Select specific clusters to apply the adjustment to.
   • Check "Select to include specific clusters" to limit scope or leave unchecked to apply to all current and future clusters.

3. Click Save and apply to activate your adjustment.

Verify adjustment application

After creating an adjustment, you can verify if it's applied and active:

1. Navigate to Node list in your cluster view
2. Look for the adjustment indicator in the new Active price adjustments column within Pricing

Hover over the adjustment icon to see additional information at a glance, such as the number of active adjustments and adjustment details. Moreover, hovering over the hourly resource rates reveals the base price.

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Note

Allow 5-10 minutes for new adjustments to propagate through the system. Cost reporting data may take up to an hour to reflect new adjustment configurations due to caching.

For additional help or to request access to the Price adjustments feature, contact Cast AI support.