Full transparency about your cloud costs
A dashboard shows which service, which team, which project costs how much. Broken down by time period, filterable, traceable. No more black box.
LEAN Evolution: FinOps and Cloud Cost Optimization
Cloud Cost Control.
With FinOps.
Your AWS bill is rising every month and no one knows exactly why. We create transparency about your cloud costs – AWS, Azure, GCP – identify quick wins and build guardrails to keep the bill manageable.
What is it about?
For companies whose cloud bill is growing faster than their business. For teams without an overview of their costs and CFOs who want predictability instead of monthly surprises.
Your benefit:
- Cost transparency ↑
- Predictability ↑
- Cloud costs ↓
Do you know?
What does this bring you?
Concrete savings from the pilot
Up to 5 documented quick wins: shut down unused resources, rightsizing instances, use reserved instances, clean up storage. Savings that are immediately visible on the next bill.
Predictable costs through guardrails
Budget alerts warn before thresholds are exceeded. No surprises at the end of the month, no escalation to the CFO.
Foundation for a long-term FinOps culture
Costs become part of engineering decisions. Teams understand what their architectural decisions cost – and optimize proactively instead of reactively.
Pilot Phase
Deliver first, then commit. That's what the pilot is for.
- Duration
4-6 weeks
- Assessment
Which cloud accounts and providers are in use? What does the current cost structure look like? Where is transparency lacking?
- Derived from this
Dashboard scope, savings potential, alert strategy
Deliverables
- Building a cost dashboard
for a cloud account with breakdown by service and time period
- Identification and documentation
of up to 5 concrete savings potentials
- Setting up up to 3 budget alerts
for defined thresholds
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ
Does this work if we use multiple cloud providers?
Yes. AWS, Azure, GCP – we can consolidate multi-cloud costs into one dashboard. In the pilot, we start with one account, in scale we expand to your entire cloud landscape.
How quickly do we see savings?
Often already in the pilot. The quick wins – unused resources, oversized instances, forgotten snapshots – are usually immediately implementable. Typical savings: 10–30% of monthly cloud costs.
Do we need our own FinOps team for this?
Not for the start. The pilot delivers dashboard, alerts, and documented quick wins. In the long term, we recommend anchoring FinOps responsibility in engineering – we can support that in scale.
What is the difference between FinOps and just reducing costs?
Reducing costs is a one-time action. FinOps is an ongoing process: creating transparency, assigning costs, optimizing, repeating. The goal is not the cheapest cloud bill, but the most efficient – every euro should deliver value.
Do you need access to our cloud accounts?
Read access to billing data is sufficient for the pilot. We do not need admin rights or write access to your infrastructure. In the assessment, we clarify exactly which permissions are needed.
What is the pilot phase?
A clearly defined project with a defined scope – typically 4–12 weeks. You will not receive a concept paper at the end, but a functioning result: real code, tested and deployed. The pilot shows you what we can do before you make a long-term decision.
What happens after the pilot phase?
After the pilot comes the proof: We look together at the results – what worked, what was worthwhile, where are the gaps? Everything measured against defined KPIs, not gut feeling. Based on this, you decide: scale, adjust, or stop. No pressure, no upselling. If the proof convinces, we go into scale – your project grows, your team grows with it, the knowledge stays with you.
Do I have to start with a pilot phase?
No. The pilot is our recommended entry point because it creates clarity for both sides – but it is not a must. If you already know what you need and want to get started right away, we can also join an ongoing project or start directly in a larger scope. We adapt to your pace.
Do you work T&M or fixed price?
Start as a timeboxed pilot in T&M (optionally with cap). No fixed price risk, no lock-in. You see at any time what you are paying for – and can stop at any time. But very few do.
If you still have questions, just contact us
