Cloud cost planning
Estimate cloud cost while the design is still easy to change.
Cost Estimator helps teams reason about infrastructure choices early. It connects topology structure to cost models so architects, platform teams, and engineering leads can compare options before budget surprises show up downstream.
Topology-aware estimation
Estimate cost from architecture components instead of from disconnected provider calculators.
Scenario comparison
Explore alternative system shapes and see where cost pressure is coming from.
Design-time optimization
Bring spend awareness into architecture review before implementation locks in the choice.
How it works
The workflow behind Cost Estimator.
Each step exists to reduce time-to-clarity for technical teams without forcing them into a separate diagramming or documentation toolchain.
Step 1
Load the architecture
Start from a generated topology, saved design, or demo scenario.
Step 2
Estimate by component
Break down compute, storage, networking, and platform services into a cloud spend narrative.
Step 3
Review trade-offs
Use the estimate to compare options and guide architecture decisions.
Best fit
Integrations
Outputs
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Explore the rest of the workflow.
Scale-readiness review
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Scalability Analyzer evaluates architecture topology for bottlenecks, service pressure, and growth constraints before implementation teams are locked in.
STRIDE-driven threat modeling
Threat Analyzer
Threat Analyzer applies structured threat modeling to architecture diagrams so teams can surface risk while design decisions are still reversible.
AI-native architecture creation
Architect AI
Architect AI creates structured architecture diagrams from intent so teams can start with a real system view instead of a blank canvas.
Next step
See Cost Estimator inside the full Architecto workflow.
Start on the free plan, then move from this feature into the larger architecture, review, and documentation flow when the team is ready.