Cost Optimization Guides

Picking the right provider is only the first step. The bigger savings come from applying the right purchasing model and architecture to each werkbelasting. This section collects CloudCost’s practical kosten optimization gidss — 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 werkbelastings are safe on spot, and how to mix spot with on-demand for reliability.

The CloudCost Savings Hierarchy

We recommend thinking over cloud kosten optimization in five layers, applied in order:

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

Each gids walks through one of these layers with concrete provider examples and pricing. Start with the gereserveerd instanties gids if you have steady-state werkbelastings, or the spot instanties gids if your werkbelasting is interruptible.