Vantage Launches Issues: Teams can Coordinate and Collaborate on Cost Issues

Vantage has introduced a new feature called Issues, designed to facilitate team coordination and collaboration on cost-related challenges within the Vantage console. This feature allows users to create, assign, and track issues related to cost reports or AWS resources, providing a centralized platform for communication and accountability. Prior to this launch, teams often relied on spreadsheets and transient chat conversations, which lacked integration with the underlying cost data, leading to inefficiencies. Issues enable engineers and finance teams to update and resolve cost-related tasks more seamlessly, with functionalities such as commenting, status adjustments, and estimating potential cost savings, either through the Vantage console or API, which is currently in closed beta. The feature is accessible to all Vantage users, including those on the free tier, and is expected to enhance the management of cost initiatives by allowing managers to monitor progress and hold team members accountable, although it currently does not integrate with other issue trackers like Jira or Asana.