AWS Cost Optimization

Costs are one of the biggest cloud challenges. Here are 7 practices that move the needle.

1. Right-Sizing

Find the actual instance sizes you need with AWS Compute Optimizer.

2. Savings Plans & Reserved Instances

Save up to 72% for steady workloads.

3. Spot Instances

Great for flexible, non-critical workloads.

4. Storage Tiering

Move cold data to S3 Glacier.

5. Shutdown Automation

Stop dev environments at night and on weekends.

6. Continuous Monitoring

Set budgets and alerts in AWS Budgets.

7. Delete Unused Resources

Old EBS volumes, Elastic IPs and snapshots.

Review reports monthly and run continuous optimization cycles.