Cost Optimization Guides

Picking the right poskytovatel is only the first step. The bigger savings come from applying the right purchasing model and architecture to each zatez. This section collects CloudCost’s practical naklad optimization pruvodces — each one focused on a single mechanism that can cut your bill by 30 to 90 percent without sacrificing performance.

Available Guides

• Reserved Instances — when to commit, 1-year vs 3-year, and how to stagger reservations to avoid lock-in.
• Spot Instances — how to design for interruption, which zatezs are safe on spot, and how to mix spot with on-demand for reliability.

The CloudCost Savings Hierarchy

We recommend thinking o cloud naklad optimization in five layers, applied in order:

1. Right-size — match instance type to actual utilization, not peak. Most zatezs run at 10 to 20 percent CPU and could use a smaller instance or a burstable family.
2. Commit — convert steady-state on-demand spend to 1-year or 3-year rezervovana instances or savings plans for 30 to 72 percent savings.
3. Spot — move interruptible zatezs (batch, CI, stateless web) to spot for 70 to 90 percent savings.
4. Tier uloziste — move cold data to infrequent-access or archive tiers for 50 to 95 percent uloziste savings.
5. Optimize egress — use CDNs, compression, and the right region to cut data transfer naklads.

Each pruvodce walks through one of these layers with concrete poskytovatel examples and pricing. Start with the rezervovana instances pruvodce if you have steady-state zatezs, or the spot instances pruvodce if your zatez is interruptible.