Introducing Sensitivity Controls for Cost Anomaly Detection

We’re excited to launch a new enhancement to Cost Anomaly Detection that gives you more control over the alerts you receive.

Until now, anomaly detection has automatically surfaced unexpected cost spikes. Today, you can fine-tune the experience with a new Sensitivity setting: a simple drop-down that lets you choose how aggressively we surface anomalies for each service in your cloud environment, including a change log that allows you to see and review all changes.

These settings will also be visible when you open a specific anomaly report:

Why this matters

Different services have different tolerance levels for noise. With sensitivity controls, you can now tailor alerting to match your operational needs – whether you want to catch every small fluctuation or focus only on the most material cost movements.

What you can do

• Adjust sensitivity levels to determine how strict anomaly thresholds should be
• Reduce alert noise in high-variance environments
• Prioritize only high-impact events when cost stability is strong
• Dial up sensitivity when monitoring new workloads or emerging spend patterns

Getting started

Head to your anomaly detection settings and select the Sensitivity option that best fits your use case. No configuration or data prep required, just choose from the new drop-down and your anomaly detection model adjusts automatically.

To learn more about the sensitivity controls, check out our Help documentation.