Cloud spending is the fastest-growing line item for most tech companies, yet studies show that 30-40% of cloud spend is wasted on over-provisioned resources, idle instances, and unoptimized architectures.
The good news: most of these savings require configuration changes, not code rewrites.
Right-Sizing Instances
The most common waste comes from over-provisioned instances. Most workloads run on instances 2-4x larger than needed. Use monitoring data to identify actual CPU and memory utilization, then downsize to the smallest instance that meets your P95 requirements.
Reserved Instances and Savings Plans
If you have predictable baseline usage, reserved instances save 30-60% compared to on-demand pricing. Commit to 1-year terms for workloads you know will exist. Use savings plans for flexibility across instance families.
Spot Instances for Fault-Tolerant Workloads
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