AWS Cost Optimization
Cut AWS spend ~50% ($6K to $3-3.5K/month) via rightsizing, Reserved Instances/Savings Plans, and log/metric cleanup.
- AWS
- FinOps
- Cost Optimization
Overview
TODO: 2-4 paragraphs on the starting cost baseline, the audit process, and the scope of infrastructure covered.
Architecture
TODO: describe the account/workload landscape audited (compute, storage, data transfer, observability spend) and the tooling used to analyze it (Cost Explorer, CUR, etc.).
Key decisions & tradeoffs
TODO: e.g. rightsizing methodology, Reserved Instance vs. Savings Plan mix, what log/metric retention was cut and why it was safe to cut.
Results
TODO: month-by-month spend chart or table, before/after breakdown by service.