Cost Optimization Guides

Picking the right провайдер is only the first step. The bigger savings come from applying the right purchasing model and architecture to each рабочая нагрузка. This section collects CloudCost’s practical стоимость optimization руководствоs — 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 рабочая нагрузкаs are safe on spot, and how to mix spot with on-demand for reliability.

The CloudCost Savings Hierarchy

We recommend thinking о cloud стоимость optimization in five layers, applied in order:

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

Each руководство walks through one of these layers with concrete провайдер examples and pricing. Start with the reserved инстансs руководство if you have steady-state рабочая нагрузкаs, or the spot инстансs руководство if your рабочая нагрузка is interruptible.