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Cloud Cost Optimization (FinOps)

Cloud spend you can see, attribute and bring down

Cloud bills grow quietly: forgotten test environments, oversized servers, data transfer nobody planned for. We make spend visible by team and product, remove the waste, and set up the habits that stop it creeping back.

What's included
In this engagement06
  • Cost visibility
  • Waste removal
  • Right-sizing
  • Commitment planning
  • Scheduling
  • Budgets and alerts

Why it matters

You cannot manage what you cannot see. Tag everything, give every cost an owner, and review it as often as you review revenue.

What this includes

Six parts of the work. Which of them you need depends on where you are starting from, and we agree that before anything is built.

  1. 01

    Cost visibility

    Tagging and reporting that show spend by team, product and environment.

  2. 02

    Waste removal

    Finding and removing idle resources, unattached storage and forgotten environments.

  3. 03

    Right-sizing

    Matching instance and database sizes to real usage rather than guesses.

  4. 04

    Commitment planning

    Reserved instances and savings plans sized to steady, predictable usage.

  5. 05

    Scheduling

    Stopping non-production environments outside working hours automatically.

  6. 06

    Budgets and alerts

    Budgets per team with alerts before spend surprises anyone.

  7. Not sure which of these you need?

    Tell us where things stand for you today and we will suggest where to start.

How we deliver it

Four stages, agreed with you before the work starts, with a working result at the end of each rather than one reveal at the end.

  1. Baseline

    We break down current spend and find where it is concentrated.

  2. Quick wins

    Waste and obvious oversizing are addressed first, with your team's agreement.

  3. Structural changes

    Commitments, scheduling and architecture changes for longer-term efficiency.

  4. Make it a habit

    Monthly reviews, owners and alerts so savings last beyond the project.

The stack

Technologies we work with

The tools we reach for most often in this work. We fit in with what you already run rather than asking you to change it.

9Tools across
3 groups
  • 01 / 03

    Cost tools

    4
    • AWS Cost Explorer
    • Azure Cost Management
    • Google Cloud Billing
    • AWS Compute Optimizer
  • 02 / 03

    Automation

    3
    • Terraform
    • AWS Lambda
    • Azure Automation
  • 03 / 03

    Reporting

    2
    • Power BI
    • Amazon QuickSight

What you receive

Yours to keep when the engagement ends, whether we carry on working together or not.

  • A cost breakdown

    Spend by team, product and environment, with the biggest drivers identified.

  • An optimization backlog

    Every saving opportunity, its effort and its owner, in priority order.

  • Budgets and alerts

    Guardrails configured in your cloud account.

  • A monthly review routine

    A simple process for keeping spend in check with each team.

Common questions

The ones that come up in almost every first conversation about this work.

  • Changes are based on measured usage and made in steps, with performance monitored before and after each one.

  • Not to start. The cloud providers' own cost tools, combined with good tagging, cover most needs.

  • Quick wins such as removing waste can happen early. Commitment planning and structural changes follow once real usage patterns are clear.

Let's talk about Cost Optimization (FinOps)

A short call is usually enough to work out whether we can help and where it makes sense to start. No preparation needed.

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