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    AWS Cost Optimization Playbook

    Identify opportunities to reduce your AWS bill; savings depend on your workloads and commitments. Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, spot instances, right-sizing, S3 lifecycle policies.

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    rajpatel|March 16, 2026|Updated Oct 8
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    AWS Cost Optimization

    Quick Wins

    • Delete unused EBS volumes
    • Remove unattached Elastic IPs
    • Downsize over-provisioned RDS
    • S3 Intelligent-Tiering

    Medium Impact

    • Reserved Instances (save 30-60%)
    • Savings Plans (save 20-40%)
    • Spot for batch jobs (save 60-90%)

    Monitoring

    • Budget alerts at 50%, 80%, 100%
    • Weekly Cost Explorer review
    • Tag everything