FinOps Hub
AWS Cost Optimization & FinOps
Pillar guides, per-service pricing deep dives, free calculators, and bill teardowns — one map from education to self-serve modeling to a free expert audit.
Start Here — FinOps Pillars
Framework, architecture-first cost control, and commitment strategy.
FinOps on AWS: Complete Guide to Cloud Cost Governance
FinOps pillar guide
Cost Control Is Architecture, Not Discounts
FinOps pillar guide
Cloud Cost Optimization in 2026: 8 Modern Strategies
FinOps pillar guide
Reserved Instances vs Savings Plans (2026)
FinOps pillar guide
Bill Teardown Series
Anonymized real bills — what went wrong and the exact fixes.
Teardown #1: SaaS $40k/mo overrun
NAT Gateway, orphaned EBS, oversized RDS — $28k/mo recovered.
Teardown #2: Healthcare NAT spend
$200k/year on NAT Gateways across three accounts.
Teardown #3: Retail data transfer trap
Holiday-season egress and cross-AZ patterns.
Teardown #4: Commitment leakage
Savings Plans in the wrong account — Group Sharing fixes.
Strategic FinOps Tools
Model savings, commitments, and waste before finance asks.
AWS Cost Savings Calculator
Enter monthly spend and workload mix for a personalized 20–40% savings estimate across EC2, RDS, S3, and networking.
Savings Plans ROI Calculator
Compare 1-year vs 3-year Compute Savings Plans against On-Demand EC2 and RDS — side-by-side ROI.
Reserved Instance Break-Even
Find the break-even month and annual savings for EC2 On-Demand vs 1- and 3-year Reserved Instances.
AWS Cost Waste Quiz
Five quick questions on cost reviews, right-sizing, and commitments — get a waste risk score and fix-it list.
Scaling Cost Explosion Simulator
See your AWS bill at 2×, 5×, and 10× traffic — understand hypergrowth cost risk before it hits the P&L.
Commitment Level Optimizer
Find the optimal Savings Plans coverage level from your demand shape and baseline rates.
AWS Service Pricing Series
June 2026 — billing dimensions, traps, and calculator pairings where available.
Part 1: Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Pricing
Includes Bedrock Token Cost Calculator
Part 2: Amazon EBS Pricing
Includes IOPS Cost Calculator
Part 3: AWS KMS Pricing
Includes KMS Pricing Calculator
Part 4: Amazon ECR Pricing
Includes ECS Pricing Calculator
Part 5: Amazon EFS Pricing
Includes EFS Pricing Calculator
Part 6: Amazon SQS Pricing
Includes SQS Pricing Calculator
Part 7: Amazon SNS Pricing
Includes SNS Pricing Calculator
Part 8: Amazon EventBridge Pricing
Billing dimensions, traps, and cleanup plan
Part 9: Amazon CloudWatch Pricing
Includes CloudWatch Pricing Calculator
Part 10: AWS CloudTrail Pricing
Billing dimensions, traps, and cleanup plan
Part 11: Amazon VPC Pricing
Includes NAT Gateway Pricing Calculator
Part 12: Amazon GuardDuty Pricing
Billing dimensions, traps, and cleanup plan
Part 13: AWS Backup Pricing
Billing dimensions, traps, and cleanup plan
Part 14: Amazon Macie Pricing
Billing dimensions, traps, and cleanup plan
Part 15: Amazon Lightsail Pricing
Includes Lightsail Pricing Calculator
Part 16: Amazon MQ Pricing
Billing dimensions, traps, and cleanup plan
Part 17: Amazon DynamoDB Pricing
Includes DynamoDB Pricing Calculator
Part 18: Amazon Aurora Pricing
Includes Aurora Pricing Calculator
Part 19: Amazon EKS Pricing
Includes EKS Pricing Calculator
Part 20: Amazon CloudFront Pricing
Includes CloudFront Pricing Calculator
Part 21: AWS SageMaker AI Savings Plans
Billing dimensions, traps, and cleanup plan
Part 22: AWS CDK Cost Estimation
Billing dimensions, traps, and cleanup plan
Part 23: FinOps Shift-Left
Billing dimensions, traps, and cleanup plan
Service Pricing Calculators
Per-service monthly estimates without opening three AWS console tabs.
Fargate vs EC2 Pricing Calculator
Container runtime cost recommendation
ECS Pricing Calculator
Monthly ECS-on-EC2 cost estimate
ElastiCache Pricing Calculator
Monthly cache cluster estimate
Route 53 Pricing Calculator
Monthly DNS cost estimate
SQS Pricing Calculator
Monthly queueing cost estimate
EC2 Pricing Calculator
Monthly & annual EC2 bill
S3 Pricing Calculator
Monthly S3 cost breakdown
Fargate Pricing Calculator
Monthly Fargate task cost
RDS Pricing Calculator
Monthly RDS cost estimate
DynamoDB Pricing Calculator
DynamoDB mode comparison
CloudFront Pricing Calculator
Monthly CDN cost estimate
NAT Gateway Pricing Calculator
Monthly NAT Gateway cost
Aurora Pricing Calculator
Monthly Aurora cost breakdown
EKS Pricing Calculator
Monthly EKS cluster cost
API Gateway Pricing Calculator
Monthly API Gateway cost
ELB Pricing Calculator
Monthly load balancer cost
CloudWatch Pricing Calculator
Monthly observability cost
EFS Pricing Calculator
Monthly EFS cost breakdown
SNS Pricing Calculator
Monthly SNS cost breakdown
KMS Pricing Calculator
Monthly KMS cost breakdown
Lightsail Pricing Calculator
Monthly Lightsail cost breakdown
Assessments
Score cost discipline and architecture health in minutes.
Well-Architected Assessment
Score all six pillars and see which risks to fix before your next AWS Well-Architected Review.
AWS Cost Waste Quiz
Five quick questions on cost reviews, right-sizing, and commitments — get a waste risk score and fix-it list.
Spot Eligibility Checker
Answer five questions to see whether your workload is Spot-ready, Spot-with-caution, or not ready yet.
Want an Expert Second Opinion?
We'll analyze your infrastructure and find $10K+ in savings — or tell you exactly why not. Risk-free 30-minute strategy call.