I Built a Free Tool to Find Hidden Cost Savings in Your DigitalOcean Account
I recently built a tool to analyze DigitalOcean infrastructure and uncover unused or overpaid resources that quietly increase monthly costs.
I originally created it to solve my own problem. After seeing how much it helped, I decided to share it with the community.
What Does the Tool Do?
The tool scans your DigitalOcean account and identifies resources you might be paying for but not actively using.
It looks for things such as:
- Powered-off droplets that are still being billed
- Unattached block storage volumes
- Old, unused, or duplicate snapshots
- Empty or idle load balancers
- Over-provisioned managed databases
- And other common cost optimization opportunities
How It Works
Using the tool is simple:
- Generate a read-only API token in DigitalOcean
- Enter the token into the tool
- In about 30 seconds, you receive a report with:
- Your current monthly infrastructure cost
- Potential savings in USD
- Clear recommendations with confidence levels
- Ready-to-use commands to fix each issue
Everything is actionable and transparent.
Is It Safe?
Yes. Security and privacy were a top priority:
- The tool only requires read-only API tokens
- Tokens are used once and immediately discarded
- No data, tokens, or reports are stored
- No sign-up or personal information required
The tool cannot modify or delete anything in your account.
How Much Can You Save?
Savings depend on your infrastructure setup, but in most cases the tool finds 10–40% in potential monthly savings.
The report shows exactly where the savings come from, so you can decide what to act on.
How Much Does It Cost?
It’s completely free.
- No credit cards
- No subscriptions
- No usage limits
The tool analyzes 11 different optimization categories and uses up-to-date DigitalOcean pricing, including all AMD and Intel variants, to ensure accurate cost calculations.
Try It Live (and Check the Code)
You can see the application running here:
👉 Live demo: https://do-cloudsaver.vercel.app/
The project is fully open source, and the entire codebase is available on GitHub:
👉 GitHub repository: https://github.com/abr4xas/cloudsaver
Feel free to review the implementation, open issues, or contribute improvements.
Final Thoughts
I built this tool to solve a real problem I had managing infrastructure costs, and I hope it’s useful to others running workloads on DigitalOcean.
If you try it out, I’d love to hear your feedback or see contributions from the community.
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