"Would you be okay owning this mess?"
We used to think our tagging strategy was "good enough." We had guidelines. A few examples in the wiki. A convention most people followed... until they didn't.
Then one day, our own Cloud Architect at Cloudshot decided to challenge that assumption. He used an early prototype of our visual engine to audit our internal AWS, Azure, and GCP environments — and what he uncovered was eye-opening.
- Dozens of untagged and mis-tagged resources
- EC2s with outdated labels
- Subnets and volumes with no ownership tags
- Billing reports full of "unknown" line items we could barely trace back
He didn't shame the team. He just asked one question: "Would you be okay owning this mess?"
That question set everything in motion.
First Came the Manual Efforts
We started with the basics: form a task force, define a company-wide tagging dictionary, and identify critical tags by environment, service, and team.
We ran cleanups manually. Used scripts to track drift. Held team syncs to re-align on policies.
The Realization:
It worked — to a point. But it quickly became obvious: Maintaining tag hygiene at scale shouldn't be a manual process.
If a small, cloud-native company like ours was feeling this pain, imagine what enterprise teams were dealing with — across hundreds of accounts and services.
That's What Inspired Us to Build Cloudshot's Tag Management & Hygiene Feature
We didn't want just another tagging policy tool. We wanted something that made tagging issues visible, understandable, and actionable — in real time.
So we built a solution that works for busy cloud teams who need results, not more paperwork.
A live tag hygiene dashboard that scans your AWS, Azure, and GCP infra automatically
A drift detector that highlights missing, inconsistent, or outdated tags by team, account, and environment
A tag health score that gives you a measurable metric to track improvements over time
A clickable visual map to trace any untagged or mis-tagged resource right back to its root
Each component works together to give you a complete picture of your tagging health — across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
In short — a tagging co-pilot that automatically identifies issues, recommends fixes, and measures improvement over time.
The Results We've Achieved Since Implementation:
92% reduction in "unknown" tagged spend
100% of production workloads now follow critical tagging standards
Real accountability across DevOps, engineering, and even finance
No more surprise billing line items or hunting down resource owners
Cleaner infrastructure and faster decision-making
"Cloudshot didn't just show us what was wrong — it showed us where, why, and how to fix it. That changed the way we work."
What Makes This Feature Different?
Multi-cloud visibility
See tag compliance across AWS, Azure, and GCP in a single unified view
Visual context
Trace any tag issue right back to its connected resources and services
Measurable improvements
Track tag health score trends over time with clear metrics for each team
Actionable automation
One-click fixes and bulk tagging tools that actually work across providers
Because while we built this feature from our own pain… We refined it for every cloud team out there struggling with tag chaos.
Forget Manual Processes, Embrace Visibility
If you're still stuck in the "we'll fix it later" cycle when it comes to tagging, trust us — we've been there. You don't need more policies. You need visibility.
With Cloudshot's Tag Management & Hygiene feature, you get real-time monitoring that helps you fix what matters without drowning in manual processes.
Let the Chaos Clean Itself Up
Stop fighting tag sprawl manually. Get real-time visibility, automatic drift detection, and actionable insights with Cloudshot's Tag Management & Hygiene feature.