AWS gives teams the freedom to provision what they need in minutes. Without cost accountability, that freedom becomes waste. FinOps on AWS combines visibility, optimisation and governance so that spend tracks business value.
Visibility and allocation
- Structure accounts with AWS Organizations so costs map naturally to teams and environments.
- Activate cost allocation tags and enforce them with policies.
- Use Cost Explorer, budgets and anomaly detection to spot unexpected spend early.
Optimisation levers
Rightsizing and modern instances
Review utilisation regularly and move to current generation and Graviton based instances where workloads allow.
Savings Plans and Reserved Instances
Commit for steady usage, review coverage monthly and avoid overcommitting during migration.
Storage lifecycle
Use S3 lifecycle policies and intelligent tiering, and remove unattached volumes and old snapshots.
Automation
Schedule non production environments and automate clean up of temporary resources.
Governance
Agree unit cost measures such as cost per customer or per transaction, and review them with product teams. Cost becomes a design consideration, not an afterthought.
Explore our AWS services or start with a Cost Optimization Assessment.
