Core Practices

• Tagging & ownership for unit economics.
• Rightsizing & autoscaling to match demand.
• Reserved instances/Savings Plans for base load.
• Data transfer awareness to avoid egress surprises.

Process

Monthly reviews, anomaly alerts, showback/chargeback models, and engineering OKRs tied to cost.

Tooling

Native cost explorers, infra‑as‑code, and open‑source collectors.