Cost Management Foundations
Before diving into service-specific optimizations, it helps to have a few fundamentals in place. This section covers:
- Basics – Hygiene practices like right-sizing, using commitments, turning off idle environments, lifecycle policies, and cleanup
- Budgets and Cost Anomaly Detection – Alerts for both expected limits and unexpected spikes in spend
- Tagging Strategy – Tags and cost allocation needed to break costs down by team, project, and environment
- Optimization tools – Services such as Compute Optimizer, Trusted Advisor, and Cost Optimization Hub that surface concrete savings opportunities
- Dashboards and data exports – Cloud Intelligence Dashboards and AWS Data Exports that enable richer visualizations and custom reporting
Together, these give visibility into where money goes, tools to catch issues early, and data to support ongoing optimization work.