Cost
Cut Sentinel spend without losing detection.
Know exactly where every ingested GB goes. Cost catches anomalies early, routes data to the cheapest tier, and keeps your Sentinel bill predictable.
Cut your Sentinel bill by 10-30%.
Microsoft Sentinel charges per GB ingested. Cost works in four specific steps to trim what you don’t need to pay for - without losing coverage.
Capabilities
Everything Cost handles for you.
Five purpose-built capabilities. Each tied to a specific lever you have on a Microsoft Sentinel bill.
AI-based anomaly detection on log ingestion and cost
Cost watches your ingestion patterns and flags unusual spikes before they hit your invoice, whether caused by misconfigured connectors or actual attacks.
SKU-level optimization
Every log source gets routed to the cheapest Sentinel SKU that still does its job. Analytics for detections, Basic for searchable history, Archive for compliance, no manual mapping.
Data Collection Rule tooling
Build, edit and test Data Collection Rules without leaving the product. Drop noisy fields, route low-value logs to the cheap tier, and split high-volume tables before they ever reach Sentinel.
Removal of unnecessary ingestion
Identifies log sources nobody queries and connectors no detection rule uses. You switch them off with confidence, not regret.
Low-cost storage moves
Old data rotates to Archive automatically based on access patterns. Keep what you need for compliance, pay only for what you actually query.
Shape the data before it costs you.
Build, edit and test Data Collection Rules without leaving the product - so only the data worth paying for ever reaches Sentinel.
Drop noisy fields
Route low-value logs to the cheap tier
Split high-volume tables
Catch spikes before the invoice does.
Cost watches your ingestion patterns and flags unusual spikes before they hit your invoice - whether caused by misconfigured connectors or actual attacks. It also catches the opposite - when a source goes silent and ingestion drops to zero - so a blind spot never gets mistaken for safety.
A predictable Sentinel bill.
Set budgets right down to the table level, watch spend against them in real time, and get alerted before a spike turns into an overage. Continuous monitoring keeps your Sentinel bill predictable.
More pillars
The full Seculyze product.
Cost is one of four pillars. Each works on its own. Together, they reshape how your SOC runs.
Calibrate
Right logs in, wrong logs out.
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One console for every tenant.
Explore UnifyBefore you ask.
How does Seculyze Cost reduce my Microsoft Sentinel spend?
Cost watches every log source, detection rule and storage tier in your Sentinel workspace and finds the spend that is not earning its keep. Reroute logs to the cheapest SKU that still does the job, drop fields nobody queries, and archive cold data automatically. Customers cut Sentinel spend by 10-30% without losing detection.
Does Cost reduce my detection coverage to save money?
No. Cost only retires log sources and fields that no active detection rule, query or compliance requirement actually uses. Detection coverage is tracked alongside spend so you can prove nothing fell off the radar.
How does Cost catch bill spikes before they hit the invoice?
AI-based anomaly detection watches your ingestion patterns in near real-time. When a connector misconfiguration or active threat starts pushing extra volume, Cost flags it within hours - not at month-end.
What is SKU-level optimization in Sentinel context?
Microsoft Sentinel offers different storage SKUs - Analytics for detections, Basic for searchable history, Archive for cold compliance data. Cost analyses each log source and routes it to the cheapest SKU that still meets its real query and detection needs.
Do I need to manually edit Data Collection Rules to use Cost?
No. Cost includes a DCR editor with preview - build, test and apply Data Collection Rules without leaving the product. Drop noisy fields, route low-value logs to the cheap tier and split high-volume tables before they hit Sentinel ingest.
How long until I see real savings from Cost?
Cost is API-native to Microsoft Sentinel - nothing to deploy. The first cost-anomaly findings and SKU-routing recommendations are typically ready within hours of connecting. Customers usually realise the first 10-20% spend cut within the first two billing cycles.
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