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Vantage integrates with Slack so that you can send Report Notifications, Cost Alerts, Cost Anomaly Alerts, and Budget Alerts to your Slack channels. You can adjust notifications to be delivered to a specific public or private channel in Slack. The Vantage Slack app makes it easy for teams to stay on top of cloud costs without leaving Slack. Your team gets real-time alerts right where you already work. You can configure notifications for things like:
  • Unexpected spending spikes
  • Budgets getting close to or over their limits
  • Regular Cost Report summaries
  • Custom alerts for specific thresholds or conditions
The Vantage Slack integration also powers the Vantage FinOps Agent, an AI assistant that can answer questions about your cloud costs, create reports, and take action on savings recommendations directly in Slack. The FinOps Agent uses the same Slack integration but provides additional AI-powered capabilities beyond notifications and alerts.
Example Report Notification in Slack message

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Installation

To get started with Vantage in Slack, you’ll need permission to add integrations to your team’s Slack account.
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From the top navigation in Vantage, click Settings.
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On the left navigation, click Integrations.
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Under the Apps section, click Slack.
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Click Connect Slack. If prompted, enter your workspace’s Slack URL. A Slack page that describes the requested permissions for Vantage is displayed. The Vantage integration has permission to list and join channels, as well as post messages to those channels.
Vantage does not read any message posted within your channels.
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Select any channel where you would like to add the integration and allow access.
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To receive notifications in a channel:
  • Open the channel in Slack
  • Create a new message in the channel
  • Type /invite @Vantage and send the message
Your first notifications will appear the day after setup, giving you time to configure your preferred settings and channel assignments.

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Next Steps: Configure Notifications

After installation, you can configure various types of alerts to monitor your cloud costs:
Alert TypeDescriptionDocumentation
Budget AlertsSet up budget alerts for your most critical cost centersBudget Alerts
Cost Anomaly DetectionCreate cost anomaly detection for unexpected spending spikesCost Anomaly Alerts
Report NotificationsConfigure report notifications for regular cost summariesReport Notifications
Cost AlertsSet up custom alerts for specific thresholds or conditionsCost Alerts

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Channel Support by Alert Type

The matrix below shows which Vantage alert types support delivery to Slack (and to Microsoft Teams, Jira, and email for cross-reference).
Alert TypeEmailSlackMicrosoft TeamsJiraConfigured From
Cost Anomaly AlertsYesYesYesYesA Cost Report’s Anomalies tab > Configure Alert
Cost AlertsYesYesYesYesA Cost Report’s … menu > Create Cost Alert, or Notifications > Cost Alerts > Configure Cost Alert
Budget AlertsYesYesYesYesA Budget’s Manage tab > Manage Alerts > Configure Alert
Report Notifications (Cost Reports)YesYesYes—The Notifications page > New Notification > Cost Report Notification, or a Cost Report’s … menu > Create Report Notification
Dashboard NotificationsYes———The Notifications page > New Notification > Dashboard Notification
Slack and Microsoft Teams are mutually exclusive at the integration level: you can connect either Slack or Microsoft Teams, not both. See the Slack and Microsoft Teams integration docs for setup. Jira delivery requires the Jira integration.