This release introduces the new Forecasting experience — complete with data export, visualization, and external adjustments — to help you plan cloud costs with confidence. It also includes a few smaller improvements across the platform to make your overall experience smoother and faster.

Here’s what’s new in Octo Forecast! 👇

We’ve rebuilt Forecasting to make planning cloud spend simpler, clearer, and more FinOps-friendly. You can now forecast any Cost Group combination, apply absolute overrides for known events, and review a clean preview of totals with Actual vs Forecast. Explore what’s new below!

Octo Forecast lets you choose the Cost Group to forecast, set a look-forward horizon (1/3/6/12 months) and decide whether to include the current month or start from the next full month. You can add an optional view of past cost data (1/3/6/12 months) for context and switch granularity between Daily and Monthly to match your use case. The chart and header totals update instantly as you tweak settings.

External Adjustments let you set the exact monthly forecast for any month (or range of months) when you already know the outcome—ideal for launches, migrations, seasonal peaks, or negotiated discounts. Choose a Custom period to target a specific start–end window or apply one action to the Entire period. You enter absolute amounts per month; if you add multiple adjustments to the same month, they stack by simple addition, and the sum replaces the baseline for that month (months without adjustments keep the model’s value).

In Daily view, each overridden monthly total is evenly distributed across days so the chart remains consistent. The preview updates instantly as you add, edit, or remove entries, letting you check the impact before saving. As plans evolve, you can layer small incremental adjustments (or roll them back) without changing your look-forward window, cost group, or other builder settings—just give adjustments clear names so teammates understand the assumptions.

As you configure a forecast, the live preview updates instantly so you can sanity-check results before saving. The chart overlays Actual and Forecast, with clear markers on months that have External adjustments, and it respects your chosen Daily or Monthly granularity. Beneath it, the table lists per-month values for Actual and Forecast, with a note indicator on any adjusted month so overrides are easy to spot at a glance.

In the header, you’ll always see two rollups: Forecast (total)—the sum across your look-forward window—and Total actual cost in forecast period when applicable. Together, the header, chart, and table provide a concise, aligned view of what’s expected, what’s already spent, and where you’ve intentionally overridden the model.

We have also made some minor bug fixes and improvements to other existing features.

Thank you for your continued support! Your feedback helps us improve so keep them coming!