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FinOps and cloud cost optimisation

Cut cloud waste quickly, then keep it cut: cost allocation, rightsizing, commitments and guardrails — now including AI and token spend.

Typical timing
6–8 weeks, then optional monthly
Engagement
Fixed scope, then retainer
Delivery framework
User researchDiscoveryAlphaBetaLive
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Objective

Reduce cloud spend without slowing delivery, and build the FinOps practice that stops costs drifting back. Increasingly that includes AI: model and token spend is a new, fast-growing line that most cost tools do not yet explain well.

You may need this if

  • Cloud bills rising faster than usage or revenue
  • Nobody can say which team or product drives the cost
  • AI experiments are generating unexplained spend
How it runs

Activities, step by step

The plan follows our delivery framework. Steps that do not apply to this kind of work are left out rather than padded.

  1. 02 · Discovery1–2 weeks

    Cost baseline

    • Spend analysed by service, account, team and product
    • Tagging and allocation gaps identified
    • Savings opportunities sized and ranked
  2. 03 · Alpha2–3 weeks

    Quick wins

    • Idle and oversized resources removed or rightsized
    • Storage tiers and data transfer optimised
    • Savings plans and reservations purchased on evidence
  3. 04 · Beta2–3 weeks

    Structural savings and practice

    • Scheduling, autoscaling and architecture changes
    • Unit cost metrics: per customer, transaction or thousand tokens
    • Budgets, anomaly alerts and cost checks in the pipeline
  4. 05 · LiveMonthly, optional

    Operate

    • Monthly cost review with engineering and finance
    • Commitment coverage managed
    • New savings identified as the estate changes

Deliverables

What you keep at the end.

  • Cost baseline and savings register
  • Implemented savings with verified results
  • Cost allocation model and dashboards
  • Unit economics, including AI and token costs
  • FinOps operating model and guardrails

Outcomes

What it is built to change.

  • Typically a double-digit percentage reduction in cloud spend
  • Every pound of spend owned by a team
  • Costs that stay down as you grow

Often combined with

Every engagement starts with a 45-minute working session with the SME who would own the work. No deck.

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