What you will learn
- Read cost drivers
- Tag for attribution
- Right-size and reserve
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The basics, in plain English
Because you pay for the cloud by the hour or by usage, costs can quietly grow large. FinOps is the practice of watching and controlling cloud spending so you only pay for what you actually need. It is just good budgeting applied to your cloud bill.
- Billing
- The charges you rack up for using cloud resources.
- FinOps
- A team habit of tracking and trimming cloud costs continuously.
- Pay-as-you-go
- You are charged based on how much you use, by the hour or request.
- Reserved / Savings
- Committing to use a resource for a year or more in exchange for a lower price.
- Right-sizing
- Picking a machine that fits your needs instead of one that is too big and wasteful.
- Idle resources
- Things you are paying for but not using, which you should turn off.
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FinOps
Tag everything for cost attribution, right-size resources, and use savings plans for steady workloads. Cost is a first-class operational metric.
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