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Practical guides to reading, explaining and reducing AWS and Google Cloud bills, from the team behind FinOps AI.
· 8 min read
Calculate AI Agent Cost per Task
Calculate cost per successful AI agent task with every model call, retry, billable tool, runtime cost, and verified outcome—not tokens alone.
· 9 min read
GCP Billing Export Analysis: Find Cost Drivers
Use GCP billing exports to explain project and service cost variance, uncover attribution gaps, and route evidence-backed findings to owners.
· 8 min read
GPU Cost per Training Run: Build an All-In Model
Calculate GPU cost per training run with compute, storage, orchestration, shared overhead, and failed attempts—then compare experiments by model quality.
· 9 min read
Kubernetes Cost Allocation by Namespace
Learn how to allocate Kubernetes costs by namespace, distinguish requests from usage, set shared-cost rules, and reconcile provider billing data.
· 9 min read
Kubernetes Cost per Request: A Transparent Formula
Calculate Kubernetes infrastructure cost per API request by combining workload-attributed costs with a transparent share of cluster overhead.
· 17 min read
AWS EDP Meaning: How the Enterprise Discount Program Works
AWS EDP is a negotiated spend commitment, not a Savings Plan. What counts toward it, how its discount stacks with RIs and Savings Plans, and how to forecast it.
· 9 min read
EC2 Stop vs. Terminate Cost: What Persists?
Compare EC2 stop and termination costs, identify charges that persist, and use a reversible checklist before retiring an idle instance.
· 10 min read
FinOps Chargeback vs. Showback: How to Choose
Compare FinOps showback and chargeback by ownership, allocation confidence, accounting needs, and the behavior each model can support.
· 18 min read
FinOps Roles and Responsibilities: Who Owns Each Cloud Cost Decision
Who should discover, prioritize, approve, execute and validate a cloud cost optimization: a RACI matrix for FinOps, Finance, Platform Engineering and workload owners.
· 18 min read
FOCUS Explained: Normalize Multi-Cloud Billing Without Losing Detail
What the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS) standardizes across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud billing, and why to keep native exports beside it.
· 14 min read
How to Review GCP Rightsizing Recommendations Before Applying Them
Review Google Cloud rightsizing recommendations against workload peaks, service objectives, effective cost, compatibility, and change windows.
· 10 min read
AWS Cost Explorer vs. Pricing Calculator
Compare AWS Cost Explorer’s historical cost analysis with Pricing Calculator’s workload estimates, and distinguish projections from verified savings.
· 12 min read
GCP Egress Cost: Trace the Paths Behind Your Bill
Learn how to isolate GCP egress charges by service, region, and traffic path, then weigh savings against latency and architecture trade-offs.