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Did You Know? Top Strategies for Cloud Cost Optimization to save more in 2024

As cloud costs rise, optimizing your expenditure is critical. Below are key strategies to help your organization reduce cloud bills, improve efficiency, and maximize savings in 2024:

  1. Gain Visibility into Cloud Costs
    Use cost management tools to track expenses and identify optimization opportunities.
    Ensure engineering, IT, business, and finance teams have access to detailed cost data for better decision-making.

  2. Tag and Allocate Costs
    Assign tags to resources for better cost tracking and allocation.
    Align cloud expenses with business goals using tools like AWS cost allocation tags.

  3. Monitor Budgets and Set Alerts
    Create budgets and real-time alerts to track spending and prevent overruns.
    Tools like AWS Budgets and GCP Notifications can notify you of budget breaches.

  4. Audit and Identify Mismanaged Resources
    Conduct regular audits to detect underutilized or improperly configured resources.
    Turn off unused services to avoid unexpected costs.

  5. Use Reserved Instances (RI)
    Purchase RIs for consistent workloads to benefit from significant cost savings.
    Align resources with actual usage patterns for better efficiency.

  6. Eliminate Idle Resources
    Identify and terminate idle resources like unused EC2 instances to reduce waste.
    Every dollar saved on idle resources directly improves cost efficiency.

  7. Build a Multi-Cloud Strategy
    Leverage multiple cloud providers to optimize costs and efficiency.
    Use multicloud observability platforms for unified tracking and management.

  8. Adopt Real-Time Monitoring and Third-Party Platforms
    Implement platforms like Cloudgov for detailed visibility into cloud spend and governance.
    Cloudgov provides actionable insights for macro and micro-level cost management.

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