Cloud Cruiser tracks the use of services that may be hosted internally, in an external hosted environment or in a public cloud. Software tracks usage by collecting machine usage data from resources that can include storage and networking. Software matches that data with individual users based on LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) information. Software can also match usage based on IP address, which could be helpful if a user wants to view the total cost profile of one data center. Cloud Cruiser isn’t alone in tackling the challenge of chargebacks and many vendors are working on ways to address the problem.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2127382/cloud-cruiser-aims-to-ease-cloud-chargeback-issue.html