Control your mainframe TCO, in real time
Real-time cost built from your SCRT data and your own contracts, so budget overruns stop taking you by surprise.
Zetaly Cost Control (ZCC) is a FinOps analytics solution that monitors the financial impact of your information systems and helps you control mainframe total cost of ownership (TCO). It provides real-time cost visibility, so you can make decisions based on your contracts and pricing structures. Using SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool) data and your contract conditions, ZCC calculates costs for contracts on AWLC (Advanced Workload License Charges) or TFP (Tailored Fit Pricing), so you pay for what you actually use.
What ZCC lets you do
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Monitor your current production costs in near real time
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See cost factors, trends, and how costs are distributed across software
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Assess how business activities affect your mainframe costs
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Track your mainframe budget and prevent overruns
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Stay within your contractual commitments
Real-time visibility for immediate financial control
ZCC gives you real-time visibility into your current production costs, so you’re not waiting on the software bill to find out where you stand. It tracks continuously through the month, then gives you your peak as soon as it closes, ahead of the manual SCRT report. Costs are calculated from SCRT data and your contract conditions, and reported in your preferred currency, taking your specific contracts and pricing models into account.
Connect expenses to your business activities
To calculate the return on investment (ROI) of your mainframe, costs need to align with business activities. ZCC links each business activity to its actual cost, so you can see what a customer database, a payment service, or an invoicing service costs. You can look at costs by workload, application, or business unit.
Understand where your consumption comes from
ZCC’s analytics dashboards show cost drivers at the infrastructure level (Central Processor Complex — CPC, logical partition — LPAR) and at the software level. Using historical data, you can track cost trends over time and make projections.
Manage your contractual commitments
Enter your contractual agreements and licensing terms into ZCC’s settings. Track performance against them and identify the risk of exceeding your consumption limits, so future overruns do not take you by surprise.
Complete budget visibility to prevent overruns
Track your consumption monthly for a clear view of your annual budget use. Projection tools help you anticipate budget overages and take corrective action, and you can monitor budgets and their components year after year.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Zetaly Cost Control (ZCC)?
ZCC is a FinOps analytical solution that monitors the financial impact of your information system. It gives real-time cost visibility so you can make decisions based on your contracts and pricing structures, and it works for contracts on AWLC or TFP.
What data does ZCC use to calculate mainframe costs?
ZCC uses SCRT (Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool) data and your contract conditions to calculate costs. It reports costs in your preferred currency and accounts for your specific contracts and pricing models.
Does ZCC work with AWLC and TFP contracts?
Yes. ZCC works with contracts built on AWLC (Advanced Workload License Charges) or TFP (Tailored Fit Pricing), so you pay for what you actually use under either pricing model.
Can ZCC link mainframe costs to business activities?
Yes. ZCC links each business activity to its actual cost, so you can see what a specific workload, application, or business unit costs — for example, a customer database or a payment service.
What cost drivers can ZCC analyze?
ZCC shows cost drivers at the infrastructure level, such as CPC and LPAR, and at the software level. Using historical data, it also tracks cost trends over time and supports projections.
How does ZCC help prevent budget overruns?
ZCC tracks consumption monthly against your contractual commitments and uses projection tools to anticipate budget overages, so you can take corrective action before an overrun happens.