The Challenge
Our client had experienced rapid growth, and their cloud infrastructure had grown organically without financial governance. Development teams had full autonomy to provision resources but no visibility into — or accountability for — costs. The result: runaway cloud spend that was consuming a disproportionate share of revenue.
Our Approach
Cost Visibility & Tagging
We implemented a comprehensive tagging strategy and cost allocation model that attributed every dollar of cloud spend to specific teams, products, and environments.
Optimization Execution
We conducted a systematic review of all cloud resources, identifying rightsizing opportunities, eliminating unused resources, and implementing automated scheduling for non-production environments.
Reserved Capacity Strategy
Based on steady-state usage analysis, we designed and implemented a reserved instance and savings plan strategy that locked in significant discounts without overcommitting.
FinOps Culture
We established a FinOps practice with cross-functional representation, regular cost reviews, team-level budgets, and engineering-friendly dashboards that made cost a first-class metric.
The Results
Within six months, cloud costs were cut in half — from $8M to $4M annually — while supporting continued business growth. More importantly, the FinOps practices we established ensure that cost optimization is an ongoing discipline, not a one-time project.