Topic
FinOps
7 articles on finops.
- Cost
How to rightsize cloud resources
A practical rightsizing process: the metrics that reveal oversized instances, the thresholds to act on, and worked numbers on what downsizing saves.
- Cost
On-premise vs cloud: total cost of ownership
An honest TCO comparison with a worked 5-year example: the on-prem costs that hide in other budgets, the cloud costs that surprise, and when cloud loses.
- Cost
Reserved instances vs on-demand vs savings plans
How cloud commitment models work across AWS, Azure, and GCP, the break-even math with worked dollar numbers, and a sane strategy for what to commit.
- Glossary
Egress fees
Egress fees are what cloud providers charge for data leaving their network. What they cost per GB, where they hide, and why they shape migrations.
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9 ways to avoid cloud bill shock
Nine concrete ways to stop surprise cloud bills: budgets and alerts, egress traps, idle resources, rightsizing, commitments, and dev environments left on.
- Cost
AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud pricing, compared
Vendor-neutral comparison of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud pricing: compute, storage, egress, free tiers, and committed-use discounts, with a side-by-side table.
- Cost
How to estimate your cloud bill before you migrate
A step-by-step method to estimate cloud costs before migrating: compute, storage, egress, and managed services, with a full worked example in dollars.