Cost Optimization
Stop paying for what you don't use. Start investing in what grows you.
Overview
What We Deliver
Cloud bills grow faster than usage when teams provision without guardrails. Aezona's FinOps practice combines tooling, processes, and organisational change to give every team real-time visibility into what they spend and what it delivers. Our engagements consistently achieve 30–60% cloud cost reductions within 90 days without impacting performance.
Technology Stack
What's Included
Core Capabilities
Every engagement includes these capabilities, scoped to your environment and requirements.
Spend Analysis
Granular cost breakdown by service, team, environment, and feature using cost allocation tagging.
Reserved Capacity
Savings Plans and Reserved Instance planning based on 12-month usage patterns — typically 40% savings.
Rightsizing
Automated analysis of CPU, memory, and I/O utilisation to identify over-provisioned instances.
Waste Elimination
Identification of idle resources, orphaned volumes, unused elastic IPs, and empty load balancers.
Cost Anomaly Alerts
ML-based cost anomaly detection that catches unexpected spend spikes before month-end surprises.
FinOps Culture
Showback and chargeback reporting that makes every team accountable for their cloud investment.
Our Process
How It Works
Analyse
90-day spend analysis, tagging audit, and waste identification across all accounts.
Optimise
Immediate quick wins — rightsizing, waste deletion, and spot instance adoption.
Commit
Reserved capacity commitments and Savings Plans based on stable workload baselines.
Govern
Budget policies, anomaly alerts, and monthly FinOps reviews to sustain savings.
Real-World Applications
Common Use Cases
Runway Extension
Series A startup reducing cloud spend by 50% to extend runway by 6 months without touching product.
Board Reporting
Monthly unit economics reporting — cost per customer, cost per transaction — for board and investor updates.
Enterprise Chargeback
Department-level chargeback reporting so each business unit sees and owns its cloud spend.
Ready to transform your cost optimization?
Speak with a certified Aezona architect about your specific requirements. We typically scope a full proposal within 48 hours.