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title: "Cost Explorer quickstart"
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# Cost Explorer quickstart

Available in Classic and VPC

You can use Cost Explorer of NAVER Cloud Platform to view details and manage the usage costs of NAVER Cloud Platform services. While you can explore the service in detail with our Getting Started and Using Cost Explorer guides, we recommend starting with this quickstart overview to understand the complete workflow. Here's the entire process for using Cost Explorer:

[1. Set user permissions.](/docs/en/costexplorer-procedure#1%EC%82%AC%EC%9A%A9%EA%B6%8C%ED%95%9C%EC%84%A4%EC%A0%95) [2. Create a budget.](/docs/en/costexplorer-procedure#2%EC%98%88%EC%82%B0%EC%83%9D%EC%84%B1) [3. View costs.](/docs/en/costexplorer-procedure#3%EB%B9%84%EC%9A%A9%EC%A1%B0%ED%9A%8C) [4. View cost details.](/docs/en/costexplorer-procedure#4%EB%B9%84%EC%9A%A9%EC%83%81%EC%84%B8%EC%A1%B0%ED%9A%8C) [5. Manage a budget.](/docs/en/costexplorer-procedure#5%EC%98%88%EC%82%B0%EA%B4%80%EB%A6%AC)

## 1. Set user permissions

If multiple people will be managing Cost Explorer, you can assign different permissions to each user. Using NAVER Cloud Platform's Sub Account service, you can create admin and user roles with varying access levels. Setting up user permissions is optional—you can configure them at any time.

              Note

              

Sub Account is a free service with no additional charges. For more information about Sub Account and pricing, see [**[Services > Management & Governance > Sub Account]**](https://www.ncloud.com/product/management/subAccount) on the NAVER Cloud Platform portal.

For detailed instructions, see:

- [Cost Explorer permissions management](/docs/en/costexplorer-subaccount)
- [Sub Account user guide](/docs/en/subaccount-overview)

## 2. Create a budget

You can create budgets to systematically manage the usage costs of NAVER Cloud Platform services. You can set detailed parameters for the budget, such as the account, billing items, and rate types. Additionally, you can set notification conditions and recipients to send alerts about budget usage. For detailed instructions, see:

- [Create a budget](/docs/en/costexplorer-budget#%EC%98%88%EC%82%B0%EC%83%9D%EC%84%B1)

## 3. View costs

You can view the usage costs of the NAVER Cloud Platform service. Displays cost graphs and tables based on the period, filters, and group types you set. For detailed instructions, see:

- [Monthly total due and cost trend graph](/docs/en/costexplorer-dashboard)
- [View costs](/docs/en/costexplorer-cost#%EB%B9%84%EC%9A%A9%EC%A1%B0%ED%9A%8C)

## 4. View cost details

You can view usage costs by NAVER Cloud Platform service, resource usage information, and cost details depending on the service policy on a monthly basis. You can easily download and view the resource information and cost details by service as an Excel file. For detailed instructions, see:

- [View cost details](/docs/en/costexplorer-costanalysis)
- [View budget details](/docs/en/costexplorer-budgetmngt#%EC%98%88%EC%82%B0%EC%83%81%EC%84%B8%EC%A1%B0%ED%9A%8C)

## 5. Manage a budget

In this menu, you can edit existing budget information or delete budgets that are no longer in use. For detailed instructions, see:

- [Edit a budget](/docs/en/costexplorer-budgetmngt#%EC%98%88%EC%82%B0%EC%88%98%EC%A0%95)
- [Delete a budget separately](/docs/en/costexplorer-budgetmngt#%EC%98%88%EC%82%B0%EA%B0%9C%EB%B3%84%EC%82%AD%EC%A0%9C)