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aws-cost-optimization

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Reduce AWS spend with rightsizing, autoscaling, commitment planning, and storage lifecycle policies. Use when running FinOps reviews, lowering cloud bills, or improving cost-per-request metrics.

When to use

• Monthly AWS bill spikes unexpectedly or exceeds budget thresholds
• Preparing cost reviews with engineering and finance teams
• Rightsizing EC2, RDS, EKS, or Lambda workloads after load testing
• Choosing between Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, or on-demand pricing
• Setting up automated budget alerts and anomaly detection
• Cleaning up unused resources (unattached EBS, idle load balancers, old snapshots)
• Optimizing data transfer costs across regions and AZs

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