AWS Marketplace Onboarding Guide

Start by finding MLCostIntel on the AWS Marketplace and selecting the plan that fits your ML infrastructure spend.

• Find MLCostIntel — Search for “MLCostIntel” on the AWS Marketplace or navigate directly from a shared link.
• Choose your plan tier — Select from Monitoring Starter (up to $50K ML spend/mo), Standard ($50K–$150K), or Scale ($150K–$500K).
• Complete the subscription — After you confirm, AWS redirects you to MLCostIntel to create your account. Billing is handled entirely through your existing AWS bill.

Once your subscription is confirmed, you will be redirected to MLCostIntel to set up your account.

• Clerk-authenticated account — Sign up using your email, Google, or GitHub. Authentication is handled securely through Clerk.
• Automatic tier linking — Your subscription tier is automatically linked to your new account. No manual configuration needed.
• No credit card required — All billing goes through your AWS Marketplace subscription. You will never be asked for payment details on MLCostIntel.

MLCostIntel needs read-only access to your AWS Cost and Usage Reports. A CloudFormation template makes this setup simple and transparent.

• Download the template — The onboarding wizard provides a CloudFormation template for you to review and download.
• Deploy in your AWS account — Launch the stack in your AWS console. It creates a single read-only IAM role for cost data access.
• Read-only permissions only — The role has permissions to read your billing data (CUR exports) and nothing else. No write access, no infrastructure modifications.
• Copy the Role ARN — Once the stack completes, find the Role ARN in the CloudFormation Outputs tab. You will need this in the next step.

Link your AWS account to MLCostIntel by providing the IAM Role ARN from the previous step.

• Paste the Role ARN — Enter the Role ARN from the CloudFormation Outputs into the MLCostIntel onboarding wizard.
• Click “Validate” — MLCostIntel verifies it can assume the role and access your CUR data.
• Connection confirmed — You will see a success message once the connection is verified. If validation fails, the wizard provides troubleshooting guidance.

With your AWS account connected, MLCostIntel begins pulling your cost data and populating your dashboard.

• Click “Start Ingestion” — Initiate the first data sync from the onboarding wizard.
• First sync takes 2–5 minutes — Processing time depends on the volume of your billing data. You can watch progress in the wizard.
• Dashboard populates with real data — Once ingestion completes, your ML cost dashboard shows real spend breakdowns, optimization scores, and savings opportunities.