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About Cloud Approver

Cloud Approver is a cloud approval governance product for teams that need clearer visibility into which resources are approved, which approved resources changed, and which cloud costs or risks need a decision without granting write access or installing agents.

Cloud Approver currently supports AWS accounts, Azure subscriptions, and Google Cloud projects. Each provider uses its own normal read-only setup path, and the product is designed around scheduled scans, permission checks, plain-English recommendations, and workload monitoring that can work across supported cloud accounts.

Unlike traditional CSPM and FinOps platforms, Cloud Approver is intentionally lightweight: no agents, no default remediation powers, no administrator access, and no requirement that a customer already has a full cloud operations team. The key difference is the approval and workload layer: resources can be reviewed by business purpose, client, department, product, migration, or owner across clouds and accounts, not only by provider account.

What it does

  • Connects to supported cloud accounts with read-only access.
  • Scans on a schedule and turns evidence into plain-language recommendations and approval findings.
  • Tracks inventory, approval tags, expired approvals, and changed approved configurations.
  • Groups approved resources into workloads so cost, ownership, drift, and risk can be understood across accounts and supported clouds.
  • Gives customers a path to request expert help from the recommendation they are reviewing.

Why it exists

Teams, agencies, consultants, and fractional technology leaders often inherit cloud environments without a consistent recurring review process. Cloud Approver is built to make the review practical: what is approved, what changed, what looks risky, what looks wasteful, and what needs a decision.