Automated Alibaba Cloud Spend Export
Every Monday, WebRun opens the Alibaba Cloud console, pulls the past week's billing total and resource usage by service, exports the numbers to a Google Sheet so the spend trend builds over time, and emails finance and the infrastructure lead a short summary highlighting any service whose cost jumped.
How do I track my weekly Alibaba Cloud spend automatically?
WebRun pulls your Alibaba Cloud billing and resource usage every Monday, exporting the week's spend by service to a Google Sheet so the trend builds over time. It emails finance and the infrastructure lead a short summary highlighting any service whose cost jumped, so spend surprises get caught weekly, not at invoice time.
- Cloud spend is tracked weekly instead of discovered at invoice time
- Cost jumps by service are flagged automatically
- Finance gets a summary without pulling billing reports by hand
Built for finance teams · infrastructure teams · cloud cost owners · engineering managers
What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
account.alibabacloud.com/loginin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Alibaba Cloud - pull the week's billing and usage
- Open the billing console and pull the past week's total spend by service
- Note the resource usage driving the largest costs
- Compare this week's total against the prior week
Done when The past week's spend by service is captured with the week over week change.
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Google Sheets - export the spend numbers to a sheet
google.com
WebRun opens Google Sheets to export the spend numbers to a sheet. - Add this week's spend by service as a new row in the cost tracker
- Record the week over week change
- Keep prior weeks in place so the spend trend is visible
Done when This week's spend is logged as a new row in the sheet.
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Gmail - email finance a summary
gmail.com
WebRun opens Gmail to email finance a summary. - Draft a short internal summary email to finance and the infrastructure lead
- Highlight any service whose cost jumped notably from last week
- Send it to the internal distribution list
Done when Finance and the infrastructure lead have this week's cost summary email.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Can it change or shut down any cloud resources?
No. WebRun only reads billing and usage data. Changing or shutting down a resource is always a decision your infrastructure team makes.
Who sees the cost summary email?
Only your internal finance and infrastructure distribution list. It is never sent outside your team.
How does it decide a cost jump is worth flagging?
By comparing each service's spend against the prior week. A notable increase gets called out by name in the summary.
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