What is Archera?: Cloud cost optimization platform that reduces spending by 20-30% through intelligent commitment management
Rate Optimization: Understanding cloud rate optimization strategies and how to achieve significant cost savings without impacting your infrastructure
Insured Commitments: Learn about Archera’s Guaranteed Commitments that provide short-term insured cloud commitments with maximum flexibility and risk protection
How to Sign Up with Archera: Get started with Archera’s platform to begin optimizing your cloud costs through intelligent commitment management
Supported Reservable Services: Comprehensive list of all cloud services supported by Archera’s platform across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
API & MCP Reference
API & MCP Reference: View our public API reference to access Archera's platform programmatically
MCP Server
Public API Reference
API Key Access
Commitment Plans
Commitments
Exchanges
Metrics
Orgs
Resources
Savings Estimate
Uploads
Well Known
OAuth
Models
Partner API
Organizations
Partners
Models
Beta API
API Key Access
Units Convention
Reports
Allocation Reports (Beta)
Commitment Plans (Beta)
Commitment Plan Templates (Beta)
Commitment Types (Beta)
Commitments (Beta)
Metrics (Beta)
Moneyback Guarantees (Beta)
Segments (Beta)
Invoices (Beta)
Cost Explorer (Beta)
Exchanges (Beta)
Integrations (Beta)
Resources (Beta)
Catalog (Beta)
Organizations (Beta)
Models
Help Center
Help Center
What is Archera?: Cloud cost optimization platform that reduces spending by 20-30% through intelligent commitment management
How to Sign Up with Archera: Get started with Archera’s platform to begin optimizing your cloud costs through intelligent commitment management
Supported Reservable Services: Comprehensive list of all cloud services supported by Archera’s platform across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
How Does the AWS RI Marketplace Restriction Affect Archera?
How to Enable EC2 RI Marketplace
How do Rebate Insured Commitments Work?
How Can I Change My Term Length?
How does the Buyback/Rebate Guarantee Mechanic Work?
Commitment Automation: How commitment laddering, convertible RI exchange, and insurance-backed management compare — and why Archera includes automation tools that others charge for.
What is Commitment Automation?: What commitment laddering and convertible RI exchange automation are, why an entire vendor category was built around them, and why Archera includes both for free.
Software-Only vs. Insurance-Backed Commitment Management: A structural comparison of software-only commitment automation tools and Archera's insurance-backed approach — what each can and cannot do, and why the distinction matters.
Billing
Billing and Guaranteed Commitments
How Customers Pay Archera
AWS Billing
Azure Billing
How Do I Apply AWS Credits?
How Does Discount Attribution Work?
Invoices
Security
How Does Archera Access my AWS Environment?
How Does Archera Access My Azure Environment?
Do I Need to Grant Access to My GovCloud Account?
How Long Is My Data Retained?
How Do I Configure SSO for Azure AD?
AWS Onboarding
What IAM Permissions Does the Trial Deployment Require?
What IAM Permissions Does the Production Deployment Require?
What is the Archera AWS Account ID?
Can I Test Archera in an AWS Sub-Account?
How and Why Do I Connect My AWS CUR to Archera?
Onboarding Archera on GCP
What Permissions Does the GCP Deployment Require?
Azure Onboarding
Technical Onboarding
What Information Does Archera Require to Connect to My Azure Account?
Supported Account / Subscription Types
Prerequisite Checklist
Manual CLI Setup
Required Permissions
Azure Onboarding Features
Enabling Custom Price Sheet Downloads
Onboarding using Azure CLI
Add a New Subscription to an Existing Integration
Services Supported
What Reservable Azure Services Does Archera Insure?
Does Archera Support Reservations for Azure Storage Disks?
Troubleshooting
Azure Storage Recommendations Not Showing
Other FAQ
What does Azure RI 'Instance Size Flexibility' Mean?
Does Archera Rely on Azure Exchanges or Returns Policy?
Offboarding
Azure Offboarding
Partner Platform Integration: Embed Archera’s commitment capabilities directly into your platform - keep customers in your ecosystem while providing more savings and adding new revenue streams
Onboard a Customer via AWS: Register a customer organization and set up AWS cloud integration using the Archera Partner API
Onboard a Customer via Azure: Register a customer organization and set up Azure cloud integration using the Archera Partner API
Purchase Commitments: Purchase cloud commitments to optimize costs for your customers using the Archera Partner API
FAQ
Does Archera Help with Underutilized Infrastructure & Right-Sizing?
Does Archera Offer Professional Services?
Could Archera Change or Impact My Application?
How Do I Audit Archera?
Do Plan Recommendations Account for Previously Submitted Plans?
Does Archera Support On Capacity Demand Reservations (OCDR)?
How Does Archera Underwrite?
Archera MCP Server — Connect in Claude
Adjusting Ownership of Guaranteed Commitment Account on AWS
Archera for AWS CSPPA and ESPPA
AWS PPA/EDP Insurance & Shortfall FAQs
Cloud Service Intelligence: This page provides details and nuance around reservable services
Azure: Azure Reservation and Savings Plan coverage briefs for reservable Azure services
Compute
Virtual Machines
Dedicated Host
App Service Plans
Container Instances
Azure VMware Solution
Azure Red Hat OpenShift
Azure Spring Apps
Database
Azure SQL DB
Database for MySQL
Database for PostgreSQL
Cosmos DB
Cache for Redis
Storage
Blob Storage
Azure Files
Managed Disks
Azure NetApp Files
Advanced Services
Synapse Analytics
Azure Databricks
Data Factory
HDInsight
Machine Learning
Microsoft Sentinel: Azure reservation and savings plan coverage brief for Microsoft Sentinel
Azure AI Foundry / OpenAI
Microsoft Fabric
AWS: AWS Reserved Instance and Savings Plan coverage briefs for reservable AWS services
Compute
EC2
Lambda
Fargate
Database
RDS
Aurora
ElastiCache
DynamoDB
DocumentDB
Neptune
MemoryDB
Advanced Services
Redshift
OpenSearch Service
EMR
SageMaker
GCP: GCP Committed Use Discount coverage briefs for reservable Google Cloud services
Compute
Compute Engine
Google Kubernetes Engine
Cloud Run
Google Cloud VMware Engine
Bare Metal Solution
Database
Cloud SQL
Cloud Spanner
Cloud Bigtable
Memorystore
Advanced Services
Vertex AI
BigQuery
Dataproc
AWS FAQ
How Can I Set Up a Bank Account to Enable the AWS Marketplace?
What does AWS RI 'Instance Size Flexibility' Mean?
How Does Archera Help Navigate AWS EC2 Standard RI Marketplace Limits?
Can Archera Help Resell or Manage Underutilized AWS Convertible RIs?
Why Not Just Use AWS Cost Explorer?
Why is My Cost Explorer Empty After Leaving an MSP?
Archera's Compliance with the Updated AWS RI and SP Sharing Policy
How Do I Get Started as an AWS Archera Channel Partner?
Why Does AWS Cost Explorer Show a Cost Increase After Commitment Purchases?
Why Are My AWS Tags Not Showing Up in the Dashboard?
Can I Use Archera if I'm Under an AWS Reseller's Consolidated Billing?
Why Do I See New Monthly Charges from AWS Cost Explorer?
What are "EC2-Other" AWS Costs on Cost Explorer?
How Long Does It Take for Changes to My AWS Resources to Reflect in Archera?
Why Did the AWS Sub-Account Connection Script Fail?
Does Archera Support Multiple AWS Accounts in a Consolidated Billing Family?
Create CPPO Offers for Archera Subscription: Create Channel Partner Private Offers (CPPO) for Archera’s existing AWS Marketplace subscription listing
Claude MCP Integration: Set up the Archera MCP custom connector in Claude to ask Archera-specific questions and perform actions
Cloud Commitment Fundamentals for Sales: Time: ≤15 minutes | Audience: Sales reps at ISVs and MSPs
Cloud Commitment Management for Technical and Customer Teams: Time: ≤30 minutes | Audience: Solutions Architects, Account Managers, Customer Success at MSPs
Partners
Archera Partner Wiki
How to Work with Archera
Core Concepts
Insured Commitments
Supported Services
Acronyms
Sales Quickstart Guide
Discovery Questions
List of Common Scenarios & Questions
Partner Portal
AWS CPPO Basics and How to Extend them to Customers
Platform Walkthroughs
Collateral
Blog
Blog: Latest updates, engineering insights, and product announcements from Archera
Streamlined AWS Onboarding with IAM Temporary Delegation