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AWS Database Savings Plans: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Database Savings Plans are a new AWS commitment instrument type that brings long-needed flexibility to the realm of managed databases.While they broaden coverage to newer services and instance families, they also exclude some popular RDS and ElastiCache options. They also often deliver smaller discounts than classic Reserved Instances. In practice, most organizations will need a hybrid strategy mixing Database Savings Plans with RIs and on-demand, to maximize coverage and savings while mitigating risk.

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AWS Database Savings Plans: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

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How to choose your EC2 instances on AWS? A deep dive into the EC2 Jungle

Learn how to choose the right EC2 instance to optimize the performance of your workloads without burning through your cloud budget

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AWS Regional Pricing: A Benchmark to Help CTOs Optimize Cloud Costs

Compare AWS prices across 25+ regions. Discover cost gaps up to 281% and learn how CTOs can optimize cloud spend with smart regional deployment !

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Amazon EDPs or PPAs : the playbook you need to demystify them

Learn how to structure your AWS EDP or PPA to truly optimize ROI. Avoid common traps, understand support fees, and leverage Marketplace spend.

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The ultimate guide for your RDS optimization

Discover how to reduce your RDS costs with practical FinOps strategies. Learn how to avoid over-provisioning, right-size your instances, clean up unused snapshots, and leverage Reserved Instances or Savings Plans effectively. This guide gives you actionable tips to take control of your RDS spend without compromising performance or reliability.

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Understanding Your FinOps Maturity Journey

As cloud adoption continues to accelerate, organizations must develop robust financial management strategies to ensure they are maximizing value from their cloud investments. FinOps, or Cloud Financial Operations, provides a framework for achieving financial accountability and efficiency in the cloud.

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Choosing between Standard or Convertible Reserved Instances and Savings Plans

AWS provides commitment-based pricing options such as Reserved Instances (RIs) and Savings Plans, which offer significant discounts—up to 72%—in exchange for committing to a specific usage pattern over a one- or three-year term.

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Layering: A Mille-Feuille Strategy for Optimal Cloud Commitments

This article explores how the concept of Layering can help organizations stagger cloud commitments, reduce financial exposure, and adjust to evolving business needs.

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Opsima vs AWS Cost Explorer: What Native Tools Don’t Do

Cost Explorer gives insights, not savings. Opsima bridges the gap with automated commitment management and real-time optimization.

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