FinOps (Cloud Cost Optimization).
Updated Apr 28, 2026
Short answer
FinOps is the practice of bringing financial accountability to the variable spend model of cloud computing.
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It involves collaboration between engineering, finance, and business. Core practices include Right-sizing instances, deleting unattached EBS volumes, utilizing Spot Instances for stateless workloads, and purchasing Reserved Instances/Savings Plans. Tagging infrastructure is crucial to attribute costs to specific teams.
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