Application service provider (ASP) featuring software using artificial intelligence for providing contextual recommendations on improvements and cost optimizations to reduce costs and mitigate cost increases; Application service provider featuring application programming interface (API) software for decomposing and visualizing operating costs and other relevant financial metrics and attributing them to specific user segments, cohorts, geographies and other relevant filtering criteria; Application service provider featuring application programming interface (API) software for providing financial analysis and forecasts to predict evolution of operating costs, other key financial metrics and business metrics over time in line with business and user growth; Application service provider featuring application programming interface (API) software for integrations and interfaces with industry standard Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) tools and platforms for reporting and dissemination of cloud software and datacenter carbon footprint analysis and trends over time; Computer monitoring service which tracks application software performance, performs periodic maintenance and provides reports and alerts concerning such performance; Providing on-line non-downloadable software for collecting usage and unit cost analytics and aggregating them in a central repository for further analysis; Providing on-line non-downloadable software for detecting metrics related to power consumption, cooling and direct and indirect carbon footprint of cloud and datacenter hardware and software; Providing on-line non-downloadable software for analyzing and reporting power, cooling and carbon footprint metrics and generating Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) analyses for the same; Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for analyzing real-time and historic usage trends and patterns of commercial cloud and datacenter deployments for financial analysis; Technological planning and consulting services in the field of detection and early warning of underperforming and inefficient software and hardware, configurations and deployments impacting user experience, financial performance and business metrics