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Tools
FinOps
- AWS DynamoDB Cost Calculator
- AWS EBS Cost Calculator
- AWS Fargate Cost Calculator
- AWS Fargate vs EC2 Cost Calculator
- AWS KMS Cost Calculator
- AWS Lambda Cost Calculator
- AWS Lambda vs Fargate Cost Calculator
- AWS RDS Cost Calculator
- AWS Secrets Manager Cost Calculator
- AWS SES Cost Calculator
- AWS SNS Cost Calculator
- AWS SQS Cost Calculator
- AWS SSM Parameter Store Cost Calculator
- Compute Instance Cost Calculator
- ECS on EC2 vs ECS on Fargate Cost Calculator
- ECS Task Sizing Calculator
- KMS Request Volume Estimator
- Reserved vs On-demand Break-even Calculator
- RPS to Monthly Requests Calculator
- SNS Delivery Volume Estimator
- SQS Request Volume Estimator
Kubernetes
Logging
- API Gateway Access Log Cost Calculator
- AWS CloudTrail Cost Calculator
- AWS CloudWatch Alarms Cost Calculator
- CloudWatch Logs Cost Calculator
- CloudWatch Logs Insights Cost Calculator
- CloudWatch Metrics Cost Calculator
- Log Cost Calculator
- Log Ingestion Cost Calculator
- Log Retention Storage Cost Calculator
- Log Search Scan Cost Calculator
- Metrics Time Series Cost Calculator
- Tiered Log Storage Cost Calculator (Hot + Archive)
Networking
- API Gateway Request Volume Estimator
- API Request Cost Calculator
- API Response Size Transfer Calculator
- AWS ALB LCU / NLB NLCU Calculator
- AWS API Gateway Cost Calculator
- AWS Load Balancer Cost Calculator (ALB/NLB)
- AWS NAT Gateway Cost Calculator
- AWS Route 53 Cost Calculator
- AWS WAF Cost Calculator
- CDN Bandwidth Cost Calculator
- CDN Cost Calculator
- CDN Origin Egress Calculator
- CDN Request Cost Calculator
- CloudFront Cost Calculator
- Cross-region Transfer Cost Calculator
- Data Egress Cost Calculator
- VPC Data Transfer Cost Calculator
- WAF Request Volume Estimator
Storage
- AWS EBS Snapshot Cost Calculator
- AWS ECR Cost Calculator
- AWS S3 Glacier / Deep Archive Cost Calculator
- Database Storage Growth Cost Calculator
- Object Storage Cost Calculator
- S3 Cost Calculator
- S3 Replication Cost Calculator
- S3 Request Cost Calculator
- Storage Pricing Calculator
- Storage Replication Cost Calculator
Units
Guides
AWS
- ALB vs NLB cost: how to choose and estimate (LCU vs NLCU)
- API Gateway access logs cost: how to estimate ingestion and retention
- API Gateway cost optimization: reduce requests, bytes, and log spend
- API Gateway pricing: what to model (requests + transfer)
- API Gateway vs ALB vs CloudFront cost: what to compare (requests, transfer, add-ons)
- Aurora pricing (what to include): compute, storage, I/O, and backups
- Aurora Serverless v2 pricing: how to estimate ACUs and avoid surprise bills
- AWS CloudTrail Pricing & Cost Guide
- AWS CloudWatch Metrics Pricing & Cost Guide
- AWS cost checklist: model the drivers that actually move the bill
- AWS cross-AZ data transfer cost: causes and estimate steps
- AWS ECS Pricing & Cost Guide (EC2 vs Fargate drivers)
- AWS Fargate pricing (cost model + pricing calculator)
- AWS Lambda cost optimization (high-leverage fixes)
- AWS Lambda pricing (what to include)
- AWS network cost guide: NAT, VPC endpoints, PrivateLink, and data transfer (what to model)
- AWS PrivateLink pricing: what to model (consumer vs provider)
- AWS RDS cost optimization (high-leverage fixes)
- AWS RDS pricing (what to include)
- AWS Route 53 Pricing & Cost Guide
- AWS SQS cost optimization (high-leverage fixes)
- AWS SQS pricing (what to include)
- AWS VPC data transfer cost: estimate cross-AZ, cross-region, and egress
- AWS WAF pricing: what to model (ACLs, rules, requests)
- AWS WAF vs Cloudflare WAF cost: a practical comparison checklist
- CloudFront cache hit rate: how it changes origin egress cost
- CloudFront invalidation pricing: when it matters and how to estimate
- CloudFront logs cost: estimate storage, retention, and queries
- CloudFront pricing: estimate bandwidth and request costs (without hardcoding prices)
- CloudTrail cost optimization (reduce high-volume drivers)
- CloudWatch alarms cost optimization: reduce alarm-month waste
- CloudWatch alarms pricing: what to model (alarm-month by type)
- CloudWatch dashboards pricing: what to include (dashboard-month + API)
- CloudWatch Logs Insights cost optimization (reduce GB scanned)
- CloudWatch Logs Insights pricing: what to model (GB scanned)
- CloudWatch Logs pricing: ingestion, retention, and queries
- CloudWatch metrics cost optimization: reduce custom metric sprawl
- DynamoDB cost optimization: reduce read/write and storage drivers
- DynamoDB pricing: what to model (reads, writes, storage, extras)
- DynamoDB RCU/WCU explained (with sizing examples)
- EBS cost optimization: volumes, IOPS/throughput, and snapshots
- EBS pricing: what to model (storage, performance, snapshots)
- EBS snapshot cost: how to estimate storage from change rate
- EC2 cost estimation: a practical model (compute + the hidden line items)
- ECR cost optimization: retention, smaller images, fewer pulls
- ECR pricing: what to model (storage + transfer)
- ECS autoscaling cost pitfalls (and how to avoid them)
- ECS cost model beyond compute: the checklist that prevents surprise bills
- ECS EC2 vs Fargate Cost Comparison
- ECS task sizing: how to pick CPU and memory (and estimate task count)
- ECS vs EKS cost: a practical checklist (compute, overhead, and add-ons)
- EKS control plane cost: how to model it and when it matters
- EKS node sizing: requests, overhead, and why packing is never perfect
- EKS pricing: what to include in a realistic cost estimate
- Estimate ALB LCU (and NLB NLCU) from metrics: quick methods
- Estimate API requests per month (RPS, logs, and metrics)
- Estimate CloudTrail Events per Month (cost planning)
- Estimate CloudWatch alarm count (standard, high-res, composite)
- Estimate CloudWatch custom metrics (time series count)
- Estimate CloudWatch metrics API requests (dashboards and polling)
- Estimate DNS queries per month (Route 53 query volume)
- Estimate ECR storage (GB-month) from images and retention
- Estimate email volume per month (transactional + marketing)
- Estimate Glacier/Deep Archive retrieval volume (GB and requests)
- Estimate KMS requests per month (where they come from)
- Estimate Logs Insights scanned GB (from query habits)
- Estimate NAT Gateway GB processed (quick methods)
- Estimate Parameter Store API calls per month (GetParameter volume)
- Estimate RDS backup storage (GB-month) from retention and churn
- Estimate Secrets Manager API calls per month (GetSecretValue volume)
- Estimate SNS deliveries per month (messages x subscribers)
- Estimate SQS requests (from messages and retries)
- Estimate VPC endpoint cost inputs: endpoint-hours and GB processed
- Estimate WAF request volume (CDN/LB to monthly requests)
- Fargate cost optimization (high-leverage fixes)
- Fargate vs EC2 cost: how to compare compute, overhead, and hidden line items
- Fargate vs EKS cost: what usually decides the winner
- Glacier/Deep Archive cost optimization (reduce restores and requests)
- gp2 vs gp3 cost: how to choose (EBS)
- gp3 IOPS and throughput: how to size (EBS)
- How to reduce logging and observability costs (without losing signal)
- KMS cost optimization (reduce request volume safely)
- KMS pricing: what to model (keys + requests)
- Lambda concurrency and cold starts (cost pitfalls)
- Lambda vs Fargate cost: a practical comparison (unit economics)
- Load balancer cost optimization (high-leverage fixes)
- Load balancer costs: what to include beyond node spend
- Load balancer LCU/NLCU explained (for cost estimates)
- NAT Gateway cost optimization (high-leverage fixes)
- NAT gateway costs: why they spike and how to estimate them
- NAT Gateway vs VPC endpoints cost: when PrivateLink wins
- Parameter Store cost optimization (reduce API calls safely)
- PrivateLink cost optimization: reduce endpoint-hours, GB processed, and operational sprawl
- RDS backups and snapshots (how to estimate cost)
- RDS snapshot retention policy: cost model and safe defaults
- RDS vs Aurora cost: what to compare (compute, storage, I/O, and retention)
- Reserved vs on-demand: how to choose commitments using break-even analysis
- Route 53 cost optimization (reduce query volume and zone sprawl)
- S3 data transfer costs: egress, cross-region access, and common surprises
- S3 Glacier Pricing & Cost Guide (storage, retrieval, Deep Archive)
- S3 Glacier retrieval pricing per GB and per request
- S3 Glacier retrieval time: how long restores take by tier
- S3 pricing: a practical model for storage, requests, egress, and replication
- S3 replication pricing: estimate replicated GB/month and total impact
- S3 request costs: when GET/PUT/LIST becomes meaningful
- S3 storage classes: how they change cost (and when archive fees matter)
- Secrets Manager cost optimization (reduce API calls safely)
- Secrets Manager pricing: what to model (secrets + API calls)
- SES cost optimization (reduce volume, retries, and payload)
- SES pricing: what to model (send volume + payload size)
- SNS cost optimization (reduce deliveries and retries)
- SNS pricing: what to model (publishes, deliveries, fan-out)
- SQS vs SNS cost: how to compare messaging unit economics
- SSM Parameter Store pricing: what to model (advanced params + API calls)
- VPC endpoints cost optimization: reduce endpoint-hours and avoid transfer pitfalls
- VPC endpoints pricing: what to model (interface vs gateway endpoints)
- WAF cost optimization (reduce requests + rule sprawl)
- WAF cost spikes during attacks: how to budget request surges
Azure
- Azure API Management pricing: model requests, transfer, and log volume
- Azure Application Gateway pricing: how to model L7 load balancer costs
- Azure Application Insights pricing: ingestion volume, sampling, and retention
- Azure bandwidth and egress costs: how to estimate outbound data transfer
- Azure Blob Storage pricing: a practical cost model
- Azure CDN pricing: estimate bandwidth, requests, and cache fill
- Azure Container Registry Pricing & Cost (Basic, Standard, Premium)
- Azure Cosmos DB pricing: a practical estimate (RU/s, storage, and egress)
- Azure Event Hubs Pricing & Cost Guide (throughput, retention, egress)
- Azure Front Door pricing: model requests, bandwidth, and origin traffic
- Azure Functions pricing: what to include in a realistic estimate
- Azure Key Vault pricing: estimate operations, keys/secrets, and request spikes
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) pricing: what to include
- Azure Load Balancer pricing: L4 traffic and data processing model
- Azure Log Analytics pricing: ingestion, retention, and query costs
- Azure Monitor metrics pricing: estimate custom metrics, retention, and API calls
- Azure NAT Gateway cost: model hours, GB processed, and the real spike drivers
- Azure Private Link costs: model endpoint-hours, data processed, and trade-offs vs NAT
- Azure Service Bus pricing: estimate messaging cost from operations, retries, and payload
- Azure SQL Database pricing: a practical estimate (compute, storage, backups, transfer)
CDN
- CDN Cost & Pricing Guide (bandwidth, requests, origin egress)
- CDN cost comparison: how to compare pricing across providers
- CDN cost per GB: how to estimate bandwidth pricing
- CDN request pricing: estimate $ per 10k / 1M requests (and when it dominates)
- CloudFront vs Cloudflare CDN cost: compare the right line items (bandwidth, requests, origin egress)
- Estimate CDN Bandwidth (GB per month) from traffic
- Origin egress vs CDN bandwidth: what's the difference?
GCP
- Artifact Registry pricing (GCP): storage + downloads + egress (practical estimate)
- BigQuery cost estimation: storage, bytes scanned, and the dashboard trap
- Bigtable cost estimation: nodes, storage growth, and transfer (practical model)
- Cloud Armor pricing (GCP): model baseline traffic, attack spikes, and logging
- Cloud CDN pricing (GCP): bandwidth, requests, and origin egress (cache fill)
- Cloud Functions pricing (GCP): invocations, duration, egress, and log volume
- Cloud Logging pricing (GCP): ingestion, retention, and query scans
- Cloud Monitoring metrics pricing (GCP): time series, sample rate, and retention
- Cloud NAT cost (GCP): why it spikes and how to model outbound traffic
- Cloud Spanner cost estimation: capacity, storage, backups, and multi-region traffic
- Cloud SQL pricing: instance-hours, storage, backups, and network (practical estimate)
- Dataflow pricing: worker hours, backlog catch-up, and observability (practical model)
- GCP Cloud Run Pricing & Cost (requests, CPU/memory, egress)
- GCP Cloud Storage Pricing & Cost Guide
- GCP load balancing pricing: hours, requests, traffic processed, and egress
- GCP VPC egress costs: estimate outbound transfer by destination (practical workflow)
- Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) pricing: nodes, networking, storage, and observability
- Inter-zone transfer costs on GCP: identify flows, estimate GB/month, and reduce churn
- Private Service Connect costs: endpoint-hours and data processed (practical model)
- Pub/Sub pricing: deliveries, retries, fan-out, and payload transfer (practical estimate)
General
- Backup and snapshot costs explained: retention, growth, and transfer
- Cloud cost estimation checklist: build a model Google (and finance) will trust
- Compute costs explained: instance-hours, utilization, and hidden drivers
- Database costs explained: compute, storage growth, backups, and network
- How to estimate replication GB/month from write volume
- Load balancing costs explained: hours, requests, and traffic processed
- Messaging costs explained: requests, deliveries, retries, and payload size
- Metrics and monitoring costs explained: series, cardinality, and retention
- Networking costs explained: egress, transfer boundaries, NAT, and private connectivity
- Observability costs explained: logs, metrics, traces, and query behavior
- Request-based pricing explained (APIs, CDN, and messaging)
- Security costs explained: WAF, keys/secrets, and request-driven spikes
- Serverless costs explained: invocations, duration, requests, and downstream spend
Kubernetes
- EKS vs GKE vs AKS cost: a practical comparison checklist (beyond node price)
- Kubernetes cost calculator (cluster pricing checklist)
- Kubernetes cost model beyond nodes: the checklist most teams miss
- Kubernetes costs explained: nodes, egress, load balancers, and observability
- Kubernetes requests & limits: practical sizing (and cost impact)
- Kubernetes requests vs limits: why requests drive node count (and cost)
Logging
Networking
Storage
- Copy storage pricing: what you pay for when data moves
- S3 CRR vs SRR cost: what changes (transfer, storage, requests)
- S3 pricing explained: storage vs requests vs egress
- S3 replication cost: how to estimate cross-region replication
- S3 to Glacier transfer cost: what to include in the move
- Storage Costs Explained (GB-month, requests, retrieval)