Metrics & Definitions
Definitions for every metric shown in the Archera platform: what each number means, how it is calculated, and what it excludes.
Archera reports cost, savings, and coverage numbers across the Commitment Planner, Commitment Inventory, and dashboards. This section defines each of those metrics: what it measures, how it is calculated, and, just as importantly, what it does not include.
Some Archera metrics are deliberately defined differently from the equivalent metric in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Coverage is the clearest example. Where that is the case, the definition says so explicitly.
A note on terminology by cloud provider
The same metric can carry a different label depending on which cloud you are viewing:
Uncommitted, list-rate usage
On-Demand
Pay-as-you-go
On-Demand
Native commitment
Reserved Instance / Savings Plan
Azure Reservation / Savings Plan
Committed Use Discount (CUD)
Archera commitment
GRI / GSP
GRI / GSP
GCUD
Definitions below use the AWS label first, with the Azure or Google Cloud equivalent noted where it differs. The underlying calculation is the same in all cases.
Metric index
Commitment Planner, resource detail
Coverage of On-Demand spend for one specific instance once the plan is applied
Commitment Planner, service breakdown
Coverage of spend within one service, across all resources, once the plan is applied
Commitment Planner, resource detail
Hourly rate for the instance after it is covered by the plan
Commitment Planner, commitment line item
Quantity of a commitment to purchase: instance count, or $/hour for spend-based commitments
Commitment Planner, resource detail
Current hourly rate of the resource, including savings from any existing commitments
Commitment Planner, commitment line item
The point after which accumulated savings surpass the remaining commitment
Dashboard, Commitment Planner
Percentage of all reservable spend already covered by a commitment
Commitment Planner, commitment line item
The % discount a commitment provides versus On-Demand pricing
Commitment Inventory, header stats bar
Estimated monthly Guaranteed Commitment premiums for the selected time window
Savings Breakdown, service card
Premium portion of savings for Guaranteed Commitments in one service, when the toggle is enabled
Commitment Planner, resource detail
Usage and existing coverage of a resource over the past month
Commitment Planner, commitment line item
Whether this commitment is counted in the plan's totals
Commitment Planner, plan summary
Definition pending review. See the entry for details.
Commitment Planner, all levels
Projected cost of the commitments in scope for the next 30 days, at 100% utilization
Commitment Planner, all levels
Projected savings of the commitments in scope for the next 30 days, at 100% utilization
Commitment Inventory, table
The commitment's term and payment option, with per-provider label variants
Savings Breakdown
Realized savings from all commitments, adjusted for Guaranteed Commitment Premiums
Commitment Planner, plan summary and line items
The one-time payment due to the cloud provider when the commitments are applied
Metrics documented elsewhere in the Help Center:
Commitment coverage (why Archera's definition differs from AWS)
Commitment discount attribution
Lookback period
Guaranteed Commitment premiums
Contract terms and payment options
Pages in this section
Commitment Planner Metrics: every number shown on a plan, from the summary tiles down to individual resources
Commitment Inventory Metrics: the header stats bar and table on Commitment Inventory
Savings Breakdown Metrics: Total Savings Overview and Savings by Commitment Type
Don't see a metric here?
This section is being expanded to cover every metric in the platform. If a number in the product isn't defined here, contact your Archera representative or support rather than inferring the calculation. Several Archera metrics are defined differently from their cloud provider equivalents, and the difference matters.
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