Understand your cloud bill. Put three agreed changes into practice.
Get a cost baseline, a prioritized savings plan, three agreed optimization changes and spending alerts. We check results after about 30 days of usable post-change billing data.
$5,000 fixed
Fixed scope, clear deliverables
14-day target
After access and approvals are ready
Three agreed changes
Plus handover and later billing review
One provider/billing group, up to three named accounts after review. $5,000 one-time before tax; cloud and paid tools extra.
What you get from the sprint
Know what was reviewed, which changes were agreed and how the results will be checked.
A clearer cost baseline
Understand the main cost drivers and which opportunities are worth pursuing.
Three agreed changes
Implement bounded optimization work with approvals, risk review and validation.
Spending controls and follow-up
Put native budgets and anomaly alerts in place, then review usable post-change billing.
Deliverables
Best for
The fit guide is not a hard minimum or a savings guarantee. We should not sell an implementation project where no suitable changes exist or the likely benefit does not justify it.
Implementation, handover and the later billing review
You’ll always know what we’re doing, why we’re doing it, and what the impact is.
Confirm opportunity and scope
Before commitment
- Review the bill, inventory and potential changes
- Agree three changes, access, responsibilities and acceptance checks
- Confirm maintenance windows and the implementation dates
Review and implement
14-day implementation target after dependencies
- Establish the cost baseline and rank opportunities
- Make the three approved changes with risk and rollback arrangements as applicable
- Production changes, deletions and commitment purchases require explicit approval
Explain what changed
Implementation handover
- Deliver the change record, spending controls and remaining recommendations
- Identify cloud or paid-tool costs separately
- Document relevant owners and operating guidance
Check the results
After about 30 days of usable post-change billing
- Separate projected, run-rate and observed savings
- Account for relevant usage, discount, credit and timing changes
- Discuss next steps without an automatic management subscription
Find out whether the opportunity justifies the project
Book a call and we’ll confirm fit, scope, and access approach. If it’s not a fit, we’ll tell you directly.
FAQ
What does the $5,000 cover?
One provider and billing organization/group, up to three named accounts/subscriptions/projects after review, a cost baseline, a ranked plan, three agreed bounded changes, native spending alerts, handover and one later billing follow-up. Cloud charges and agreed paid tools are extra. USD before tax.
Are savings or completion in 14 days guaranteed?
No. The target covers implementation after access, approvals and maintenance windows are ready. The later billing follow-up is outside that window. Savings depend on the feasible changes and actual usage; there is no fixed percentage or return guarantee.
Can analysis start with read-only access?
Yes. Implementation needs separately agreed permissions or an agreed customer-assisted process. Production changes, deletions and long-term commitments require explicit approval; analysis access alone does not authorize them.
What if the likely savings do not justify the fee?
We discuss fit before recommending the project. The guide is typically $10,000+/month spend with credible annual recurring savings of at least $10,000 after added operating costs, before the fee. This is not a hard minimum or guarantee. A smaller review, included managed-service work or no project may fit better.
Do we need a monthly subscription afterwards?
No. The included billing follow-up is part of this one-time project. Ongoing FinOps or cloud management is optional and separately agreed.
We already use Managed Cloud or DevOps. Do we pay twice?
No. Routine cost reviews and agreed improvements within your existing management scope remain included. A sprint is only an additional purchase for clearly additional work you approve.
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