Cost Optimisation & FinOps

What this covers

Cloud cost is a design outcome, not just a billing line. We look at how a system is architected and operated to find where spend can come down without weakening reliability. That starts with visibility: knowing what's actually being spent, by whom, and why, in a breakdown finance and engineering can both use. From there, rightsizing, commitment strategy, and architecture-level review find the spend that doesn't match real usage, and a reporting cadence keeps that picture current instead of a one-time snapshot.

Why it matters

Cost optimisation done as a one-off exercise drifts back within a year. Built into how a team designs and operates, it stays under control on its own. Spend reviewed once a year drifts back to where it started within a few months; spend reviewed as part of how a team builds stays under control without a dedicated push.