Cloud FinOps Check

Cloud costs often scale faster than revenue. Waste in AWS, Azure, or GCP is identified, discount models optimised, and permanent cost governance established.

Focus Areas

Waste Analysis (Zombies) Unused instances, orphaned disks, and oversized resources are found and eliminated.

Purchasing Strategy Optimisation Use of Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and Spot Instances is audited, clear purchase recommendations for cost reduction provided.

Unit Economics and Attribution Costs are attributed to the right teams and products (tagging), so it is clear where budget is actually being invested.

Key Data

  • Duration: 2–3 days deep dive into cloud billing data.
  • Deliverable: Quick-win list (immediate savings) and strategic FinOps concept.
  • Target Group: SMEs and startups with cloud budgets from CHF 2,000/month.

Methods

The methods behind this are documented in the Neuland Handbook: