Cloud Cost Optimization: Tips That Actually Work

Cloud bills can spiral if left unchecked. These practices help you stay in control.

Right-Sizing

Match instance and storage sizes to actual usage. Use metrics and recommendations from your provider to downsize over-provisioned resources.

Reserved and Spot

Commit to steady-state workloads with reserved instances or savings plans. Use spot or preemptible capacity for fault-tolerant, flexible workloads.

Tagging and Accountability

Tag resources by team, project, and environment. Allocate costs and set budgets so teams can see their own usage.

Lifecycle and Cleanup

Delete unused volumes, snapshots, and old AMIs. Automate stop/start for non-production environments.

FinOps Culture

Combine engineering and finance in a FinOps loop: measure, share, and optimize continuously.

We help customers design cost-aware architectures and implement governance that keeps spending predictable.