Service / Cloud Architecture / AWS / Azure

Cloud Cost Optimisation

Stop overspending on AWS and Azure. Our FinOps-led engagement identifies waste, implements savings quickly, and establishes the governance that keeps costs under control.

The Challenge: Cloud Spend Spirals

The cloud is powerful—but without clear guardrails, unused resources, oversized instances and orphaned storage creep in. Billing reports get complex, teams ship faster than costs are reviewed, and “bill shock” becomes a monthly ritual. Most organisations can reclaim 20–30% with targeted changes and better visibility.

Our FinOps Approach

We partner with your team in a fixed-scope, timeboxed engagement that aligns to the Well-Architected Cost Optimisation pillar.

01

Discover & Identify

Deep-dive analysis using native tooling: AWS Cost Explorer, Compute Optimizer, Trusted Advisor, and Azure Cost Management + Billing, Azure Advisor. We surface “quick wins” (idle/underutilised compute, unattached volumes, old snapshots) and build a prioritised savings plan.

02

Implement & Right-Size

Safely implement changes with owners: right-size instances and databases, delete waste, set storage lifecycle policies, and automate stop/start for non-prod. Where appropriate, apply Savings Plans/Reserved Instances to predictable workloads.

03

Govern & Report

Establish tagging standards and cost allocation, budgets and anomaly alerts, showback/chargeback, and a runbook your team can own—so savings persist after handover.

Key Optimisation Strategies

  • Right-size compute with utilisation data (CPU, memory, IOPS) from CloudWatch/Azure Monitor and Compute Optimizer/Advisor.
  • Storage tiering via S3 Lifecycle (Standard-IA/Glacier) and Azure Blob tiers (Cool/Archive), plus snapshot hygiene.
  • Commitment discounts using Savings Plans/RIs for steady workloads; spot for burst where sensible.
  • Waste elimination (unattached EBS/managed disks, idle LBs, unused IPs, stale snapshots, zombie RGs).
  • Automation to shut down dev/test after hours (Schedules/State Manager, Automation Accounts/Functions).

What You Get

  • Savings report with itemised recommendations and estimated impact.
  • Implemented quick wins during the engagement (with change control).
  • 30/60/90-day backlog for remaining actions, aligned to owners and environments.
  • FinOps guardrails: tagging policy, budgets/anomaly alerts, and a simple operating cadence.

Start Saving on Your Cloud Bill

Begin with a no-obligation review. We frequently uncover enough savings to more than cover the engagement.

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