How to Reduce / Optimise your AWS / Cloud Bill

1. Check for unused EBS volumes and it’s types. eg : gp2 cost is high
2. Make a list of unused elastic IP. Unused IPs are charged.
3. In AWS cost explorer, break down the bill by usages and services to understand the Billings.
4. Check for RIGHTSIZING Recommendation from AWS Cost.This will help to reduce size of resources where instane size is big and not utilised.
5. Look to use AWS compute saving plans, AWS gives recommendations based on your usages. Select the best possible for your usecase.?
6. Always check the Coverage and utilisation of savings plan
7. Check AWS compute optimiser
8. There are other common methods:- Find Any idle ec2 instances- Find Orphan instances : No traffic, No resources consumption
9. Check for AWS trusted advisor report for Cost.
10. Plan to stop the non-prod servers in Non-business hour using automation.

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These are the operations which helped us to identify many cost saving options and we are able to reduce our AWS bills drastically.