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Discussion on: AWS Costs - Explained

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It’s a well-known fact that most firms provision more infrastructure than they require and overspend on cloud resources. I’ve seen it happen more often and wondered how the overspending could be avoided. It is important to note that the majority of the money is spent on idle or large infrastructure. Through experience I’ve learned these erratic cost expenditures can be brought under control and be reduced by deploying the right tools and employing the right techniques.

The trick here is to periodically scan your AWS accounts, identify cost savings opportunities, and apply quick fixes. This may seem simple, but in reality, it’s quite a challenge to put into action unless you have a powerful tool that does it for you. That is why I had mentioned earlier that you need to have the right tool to achieve cost savings.
For example, we use CloudFix tool for AWS cost optimization - devgraph.com/2021/02/25/cloudfix-f...
It works cool for us. This tool not only told us what was wrong with our resource utilization, but also suggested to us how to remedy the situation. Also, as far as our knowledge goes, this tool is safe, secure, and entirely automated, which is something we had on the top of our priorities.