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AWS Aurora Replicas Left Running

AWS Aurora Replicas Left Running
AWS EBS Snapshot Sprawl

AWS EBS Snapshot Sprawl
AWS GP3 Volumes Oversized by Default

AWS GP3 Volumes Oversized by Default
AWS RDS Over-Provisioning Adds Hidden Costs

AWS RDS Over-Provisioning Adds Hidden Costs
AWS RI Underutilization on EC2 Fleet

AWS RI Underutilization on EC2 Fleet
CloudWatch Log Retention Gone Wrong

CloudWatch Log Retention Gone Wrong
Idle Elastic IPs Inflate AWS Bills

Idle Elastic IPs Inflate AWS Bills
Unattached EBS Volumes Bleed Storage Costs

Unattached EBS Volumes Bleed Storage Costs
Zombie EC2 Instances Burn Budget

Zombie EC2 Instances Burn Budget
Azure Disk Tiering Neglected

Azure Disk Tiering Neglected
Azure Idle Test VMs Left Running

Azure Idle Test VMs Left Running
Azure Managed Disk Snapshot Overprovisioning

Azure Managed Disk Snapshot Overprovisioning
Azure Managed Disks Left Orphaned

Azure Managed Disks Left Orphaned
Azure Reserved Instance Misalignment.

Azure Reserved Instance Misalignment.
Azure SQL Database Long-Term Retention Misuse

Azure SQL Database Long-Term Retention Misuse
How NovaFin Reduced Azure Costs by $7,800 per Month

How NovaFin Reduced Azure Costs by $7,800 per Month
Idle Public IPs Inflate Azure Bills

Idle Public IPs Inflate Azure Bills
Overprovisioned AKS Clusters in Production

Overprovisioned AKS Clusters in Production
GCP Autopilot Cluster Overcharges

GCP Autopilot Cluster Overcharges
GCP Cloud SQL Backup Duplication

GCP Cloud SQL Backup Duplication
GCP Cloud SQL Idle Replica Waste

GCP Cloud SQL Idle Replica Waste
GCP Logging Sink Misconfiguration

GCP Logging Sink Misconfiguration
GCP Oversized Compute Instances

GCP Oversized Compute Instances
GCP Persistent Disk Snapshot Retention Gaps

GCP Persistent Disk Snapshot Retention Gaps
GCP Preemptible VM Waste

GCP Preemptible VM Waste
Idle Static IPs Inflate GCP Bills

Idle Static IPs Inflate GCP Bills
The $9,500 Forgotten GCP Persistent Disk: The Hidden Cost Trap

The $9,500 Forgotten GCP Persistent Disk: The Hidden Cost Trap
FinOps at the AI Layer

FinOps at the AI Layer
The Hidden Cost of Over-Isolation

The Hidden Cost of Over-Isolation
Zombie Event-Driven Architectures

Zombie Event-Driven Architectures
Phantom Spend in Autoscaling Shadows

Phantom Spend in Autoscaling Shadows
Duplicate Data Pipelines in the Dark

Duplicate Data Pipelines in the Dark
Idle Kubernetes Worker Nodes Inflate Cloud Bills

Idle Kubernetes Worker Nodes Inflate Cloud Bills
Kubernetes Add-On Overhead Sprawl

Kubernetes Add-On Overhead Sprawl
Forgotten Dev Sandbox Instances

Forgotten Dev Sandbox Instances
Azure VM Series Misalignment Inflates Spend

Azure VM Series Misalignment Inflates Spend
Azure AKS Node Pools Oversized

Azure AKS Node Pools Oversized
EKS Node Groups Oversized

EKS Node Groups Oversized
AWS EBS Volumes Left in gp3 Instead of st1

AWS EBS Volumes Left in gp3 Instead of st1
AWS Instance Family Misalignment Drives Hidden Costs

AWS Instance Family Misalignment Drives Hidden Costs
GKE System Pods Consuming Excess Capacity

GKE System Pods Consuming Excess Capacity
Unused AWS DynamoDB Provisioned Capacity

Unused AWS DynamoDB Provisioned Capacity
Azure Cosmos DB Provisioning Overkill

Azure Cosmos DB Provisioning Overkill
Azure Backup Vault Bloat

Azure Backup Vault Bloat
AWS ECS Fargate Overprovisioning

AWS ECS Fargate Overprovisioning
GCP GKE Autoscaler Misconfiguration

GCP GKE Autoscaler Misconfiguration
GCP Cloud SQL Backups Hoarded

GCP Cloud SQL Backups Hoarded