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Cloud cost optimisation
Visibility, accountability and engineering changes that bring cloud spending under control without harming service.
The challenge
Cloud spending grows quietly. Oversized resources, idle environments, unmanaged storage and missed commitment discounts accumulate until the bill becomes a board-level concern.
The underlying issue is usually accountability rather than technology. Costs are not allocated to the teams that create them, engineers lack visibility, and finance cannot forecast with confidence.
We combine immediate savings with lasting practice: tagging and allocation, team-level visibility, engineering changes and a FinOps operating rhythm that keeps costs aligned with value.
Our method
How the work is done.
- 01
Cost visibility
Ingest billing data, apply tagging and allocation rules, and build reports by service, team and environment.
- 02
Opportunity analysis
Identify right-sizing, scheduling, storage tiering, architecture and commitment opportunities, ranked by saving and effort.
- 03
Quick wins
Implement low-risk changes such as removing idle resources and scheduling non-production environments.
- 04
Engineering changes
Work with teams on architectural improvements, autoscaling and data lifecycle policies.
- 05
FinOps operating rhythm
Budgets, anomaly alerts, forecasting and regular reviews between finance and engineering.
Deliverables
What you receive.
- Cost allocation model and tagging policy
- Cost dashboards by service, team and environment
- Ranked savings opportunity register
- Implemented quick-win changes with before and after evidence
- Commitment and reservation recommendations
- Budget and anomaly alerting configuration
- FinOps operating model and review cadence
Engagement options
Ways to buy it.
- 013–4 weeks
Cost review
Visibility, opportunity analysis and a prioritised savings plan.
- 026–10 weeks
Optimisation sprint
Implementation of agreed savings alongside your engineering teams.
- 032–3 months
FinOps practice set-up
Operating model, tooling and coaching for ongoing cost management.
Standards
Frameworks we work to.
- FinOps Framework
- FOCUS (FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification)
- Cloud provider well-architected cost pillars
- ISO/IEC 19770 (IT asset management)
Questions
What buyers ask us.
Will optimisation affect performance?
Changes are tested against performance and service level objectives before they are applied to production, and are reversible.
Do you need access to our billing data?
Read-only access to billing and usage data is needed. We do not require permissions to make changes unless you ask us to implement them.
Is this a one-off exercise?
Initial savings are one-off, but costs drift back without a practice. The FinOps operating rhythm is what keeps them under control.
How is your fee structured?
Engagements are scoped as fixed phases or time and materials. We do not take a share of savings, which keeps our advice independent.
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Often delivered together.
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Discuss cloud cost optimisation.
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