Automated Exoscale Budget Reconciliation
Every Monday morning, WebRun opens the Exoscale portal, reads consumption for compute instances, object storage, and managed databases, compares it against the budget you maintain in Airtable, updates the Airtable record with this week's actual figures, and posts a discrepancy summary to Notion whenever actual usage diverges from budget by more than 10 percent.
How do I catch Exoscale spend that is drifting from my budget?
Every Monday, WebRun reads consumption for every Exoscale compute instance, storage bucket, and managed database and compares it against the budget you keep in Airtable, updating the record with this week's actuals. When any resource diverges from its budget by more than 10 percent, it posts a discrepancy summary to Notion naming the gap.
- A budget gap gets flagged the same week, not at the quarterly review
- Airtable keeps actual versus budget side by side automatically
- A Notion summary only appears when there is a real gap worth reviewing
Built for engineering managers · startups on Exoscale · finance operations · European cloud users
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
portal.exoscale.comin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Exoscale - read compute, storage, and DBaaS consumption
exoscale.com
WebRun opens Exoscale to read compute, storage, and DBaaS consumption. - Open the Exoscale portal and read consumption for every compute instance, storage bucket, and managed database
- Capture this week's usage and cost for each
- Note anything scaled up or down since last week
Done when This week's consumption is captured across compute, storage, and DBaaS.
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Airtable - compare against your Airtable budget
airtable.com
WebRun opens Airtable to compare against your Airtable budget. - Open the budget base in Airtable
- Update this week's actual consumption next to the budgeted figure for each resource
- Calculate the percentage difference between actual and budget
Done when Airtable reflects actual versus budgeted consumption for the week.
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Notion - post a discrepancy summary to Notion
notion.so
WebRun opens Notion to post a discrepancy summary to Notion. - Post a discrepancy summary to Notion if any resource is more than 10 percent over or under budget
- Name the specific resource and the size of the gap
- Skip posting on weeks everything lines up
Done when A Notion summary exists only for weeks with a genuine budget gap.
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
Does it scale resources up or down itself?
No. WebRun only reads consumption and compares it to your budget. Scaling a compute instance or resizing storage always stays your decision in Exoscale.
Where does the budget figure come from?
From the same Airtable base WebRun updates. You set the expected figure per resource once, and WebRun compares actuals against it every week.
What happens if nothing is over budget?
Airtable still gets updated with this week's actuals, but no Notion summary gets posted, so the page only shows up when there is a real gap to review.
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