CloudRunr Documentation
  • Overview
    • Our Features
    • Money back guarantee
  • Getting Started
    • Step 1 - Connect to AWS
    • Step 1a (Alternative) - Upload your On-premises Usage as Excel
    • Step 1b (Alternative) - Use VMWare env usage as Excel (RVTools)
    • Step 2 - How to read the CloudRunr comparison report
    • Inviting your team [Roadmap]
    • Adding additional AWS accounts
    • Post Linking your AWS account
  • Security & Access
    • Cross Account Role
    • Role Deployment
    • Ongoing Access
    • Access Management
  • Multi-account architecture
  • General FAQ
  • Request a Demo
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  • Connecting Your AWS Account
  • Creating the CloudRunr ReadOnly IAM Role
  1. Getting Started

Step 1 - Connect to AWS

In case you are an AWS customer and want to compare with other Azure and Google Cloud.

To get started with CloudRunr, you can quickly compare pricing estimates for your workloads across different cloud providers without any engineering effort or financial analysis on your part. Our tool handles the heavy lifting by examining your workloads and comparing services, such as VM types and technical specifications, in real-time as your AWS workload changes.

Connecting Your AWS Account

As the first step, you will need to connect your AWS account to CloudRunr. We adhere to the least privilege principle, which is an AWS security best practice. This means we only request minimal scoped permissions necessary for each action you take.

Creating the CloudRunr ReadOnly IAM Role

The CloudRunr ReadOnly IAM role policy is a pre-defined policy that grants read-only access to your billing information. This policy allows us to perform the following actions on all billing resources:

  • View billing reports

  • Access cost and usage reports

  • Retrieve other billing-related information

To connect your AWS account, click the 'Connect AWS' button. This action will direct you to the AWS CloudFormation stack creation page.

  1. Scroll down to the bottom of the page.

  2. Check the box to proceed with the creation.

After a few minutes, while AWS deploys the CloudFormation stack, you will be ready to view your pricing comparisons with other cloud providers using CloudRunr!

If you have any questions or need assistance during this process, please reach out to our support team for help at support@cloudrunr.co

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