Initially, OpenLogic is providing support for CloudSwing on Amazon's EC2 but is planning to target Rackspace's cloud service next, along with private cloud scenarios, Weins said.

The trial edition is focused on getting a stack up and running quickly for prototyping purposes, Weins said. "That's where a lot of enterprises are right now in cloud development."

One of CloudSwing's more novel aspects is a spending management function, which can track cloud-service-related costs across a number of projects.

OpenLogic's primary customers are large enterprises, where a great deal of experimentation with pay-as-you-go public cloud services is going on among various development groups and outsourced teams, she said. This is making it difficult for IT managers to track cloud-related costs across those many small projects, Weins added.

CloudSwing takes in usage data directly from EC2 and collects it in one place. Managers can also place spending thresholds on projects, making the system send out alerts when the limits are reached, according to Weins. "We think this will be very attractive."