New Feature: Free AWS Map Tracker Tool

Migrating to AWS through the Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) involves many moving parts—tracking progress, managing credits, and ensuring everything is tagged correctly. But keeping a handle on your MAP journey shouldn’t be an uphill battle. 

That’s why we built CloudForecast’s Free AWS MAP Tracker—to make MAP tracking effortless for you and your team.

What is the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP)?

AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) is designed to help businesses migrate to AWS with financial incentives, technical guidance, and expert support. As part of the program, AWS provides MAP credits based on the workloads you migrate, helping offset costs and accelerate cloud adoption.

To receive these credits, you need to track migration progress, ensure proper tagging, and stay aligned with Internal and AWS stakeholders—which is often easier said than done.

Challenges with AWS MAP

While AWS MAP offers valuable benefits, tracking your migration progress and credits can be time-consuming and manual. Here are some common challenges teams run into:

• Internal Alignment – Keeping internal teams and stakeholders updated on MAP progress can be difficult, leading to miscommunication or uncertainty about migration goals.
• Visibility and Reporting – Both AWS CSMs and customers often struggle with a shared view of MAP progress and credit allocation, resulting in additional manual work on both sides.
• Tagging Accuracy – MAP credits are only applied if resources are tagged correctly. Misspelled, missing, or incorrectly assigned tags can lead to lost credits and unnecessary headaches.

CloudForecast’s Free AWS MAP Tracker

To make AWS MAP tracking easier and more transparent, we built a free MAP Tracker that automatically pulls in your MAP data and provides clear insights. Here’s what it does:

• Daily and Monthly Spend Visualizations – See your AWS MAP-tagged spending over time, broken down by product, and track all MAP credits received.
• Tagging Error Detection – Identify misspelled or missing MAP tags, see associated spend, and pinpoint affected resources.
• Automated Weekly Reports via Email – Get a weekly summary of your MAP data straight to your inbox. You can also send this report to your AWS CSM or internal stakeholders for better alignment.
• Simple, No-Hassle Setup – No agents, no complex configurations—just instant visibility into your MAP progress.

We believe tracking AWS MAP progress should be simple, automated, and accessible to everyone, which is why we’re offering this as a free feature for all CloudForecast users.

CloudForecast MAP Tracker Features

Create a MAP Tracker Report

Within CloudForecast, you can create one or multiple MAP tracking reports. Customize each report with a name, MAP ID (MPE ID), and key details to start tracking.

You can also add internal and AWS stakeholders to keep everyone aligned throughout the MAP journey.

MAP Tracker Weekly Email Summary

After a report has been created, you’ll receive a weekly MAP tracking report via email detailing all the essential information to help you track your MAP:

MAP Tracker Dashboard

Want more details? Our interactive, drill-down dashboards give you deeper insights into your MAP data. Explore daily and monthly charges by credits and AWS services, identify misspelled tags, and see the top misspelled resources from the last 30 days—all in one place.

Getting Started

Want to give it a try?

Sign up for free and start tracking your MAP progress today. CloudForecast’s MAP tracker tool is available on ALL CLoudForecaset plans, including our Free Community Plan. No credit card is required to sign up and set up CloudForecast.

What are the requirements to get started?

Getting started with CloudForecast and our Free MAP Tracker tool requires read-only access to an S3 bucket that contains your CUR files. You can read more in our documentation.

Have questions?

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