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id: azure-mgmt-costmanagement
version: "5.0.0"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# azure-mgmt-costmanagement — Microsoft Azure Costmanagement Management Client Library for Python

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 847.0K/mo

## What it is and what it does

This is the official Microsoft Azure Cost Management client library for Python, part of the broader Azure SDK. It exposes the Azure Cost Management API as Python objects and methods, allowing developers to query costs, create and manage budgets, configure cost allocation rules, generate exports in multiple formats, and retrieve benefit utilization summaries programmatically.

The library requires Python 3.10+ and depends on isodate, azure-mgmt-core, and typing-extensions. Version 5.0.0 introduces breaking changes, including hybrid model types and restructured properties, alongside new operation groups for budgets, settings, cost allocation rules, and benefit utilization reports.

Use it for:

- Automate cost reporting and analysis by querying Azure spending data programmatically within a billing period or custom timeframe.
- Create and manage budgets with alerts and notifications to track spending against defined thresholds.
- Export detailed cost data in multiple formats to data warehouses or analytics platforms for deeper analysis.
- Retrieve and analyze benefit utilization summaries for reserved instances and savings plans to optimize Azure spending.
- Implement cost allocation rules to distribute shared costs across departments or cost centers automatically.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides Python bindings to the Azure Cost Management API, enabling programmatic access to cost analysis, budgets, exports, and benefit utilization data within Azure subscriptions.

Yes. This is the official, actively maintained Azure Cost Management SDK with no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and permissive MIT licensing. Install it if you need programmatic access to Azure cost data, budgets, or exports. Be aware that version 5.0.0 includes breaking changes requiring migration from earlier versions—review the migration guide before upgrading existing code.

## Install

pip install azure-mgmt-costmanagement
uv add azure-mgmt-costmanagement
poetry add azure-mgmt-costmanagement

## Installing azure-mgmt-costmanagement

Before you install: Low install friction with a pure-Python wheel distribution. Actively maintained with recent commits; part of the official Azure SDK ecosystem backed by Microsoft.

License in practice: MIT license permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, making it suitable for most enterprise and open-source projects.

Quickstart:

pip install azure-mgmt-costmanagement

from azure.mgmt.costmanagement import CostManagementClient
from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

client = CostManagementClient(credential=DefaultAzureCredential())

Requires Python 3.10 or later. Azure authentication requires AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID, and AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET environment variables or alternative credential configuration.

Verify before relying:

- Whether the new hybrid model changes in 5.0.0 require significant refactoring of existing code using earlier versions.
- Performance characteristics and rate limits when querying large cost datasets or generating detailed reports.
- Specific cost export formats and compression modes supported beyond CSV and Parquet.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 847.0K/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

azure cost management api, azure billing and cost analysis, azure budget management, azure cost export, azure sdk cost management, azure benefit utilization, azure cost allocation rules, azure-sdk, cost-management, cloud-billing

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