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aws-cost-optimization
Reduce AWS spend with rightsizing, autoscaling, commitment planning, and storage lifecycle policies. Use when running FinOps reviews, lowering cloud bills, or improving cost-per-request metrics.
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# AWS Cost Optimization
Apply practical FinOps controls to reduce AWS spend without sacrificing reliability or performance.
## When to Use This Skill
- Monthly AWS bill spikes unexpectedly or exceeds budget thresholds
- Preparing cost reviews with engineering and finance teams
- Rightsizing EC2, RDS, EKS, or Lambda workloads after load testing
- Choosing between Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, or on-demand pricing
- Setting up automated budget alerts and anomaly detection
- Cleaning up unused resources (unattached EBS, idle load balancers, old snapshots)
- Optimizing data transfer costs across regions and AZs
