5 reasons why your cloud is way too expensive - effective cloud cost management

1. Your cloud consists largely of virtual machines running legacy applications

VMs aren't the cheapest way to go to the cloud.

👉 Try to get rid of old monoliths and implement new applications with containers or serverless right from the start. This is the only way to make your cloud cost management effective.

2. No governance structures

Nobody keeps an eye on your cloud costs and creates effective rules to keep cloud usage efficient.

👉 Use the governance tools of your cloud provider. Set up billing alerts. Add tags to resources that create visibility. Discuss within the team which resources are not being used and whether they can be deleted.

3. Lack of internal know-how

You have a team that oversees your cloud, but maybe they have other responsibilities and aren't an actual cloud team. Often there is simply a lack of knowledge as to which services cost the most or the least.

👉 Train your people, not just the techies. For the cloud journey to be successful, business stakeholders must also understand what the cloud is and how to use it.

4. Missing cloud strategy

Migrations are very expensive, and somehow you always find yourself in the situation of having to migrate. Because maybe Cloud A wasn't the right thing after all and suddenly everyone wants to be in Cloud B.

👉 Find out about the advantages and disadvantages of the individual hyperscalers early on and develop a robust and sustainable strategy. Only then can effective cloud cost management succeed. We would be happy to advise you.

5. Too hard or too soft security requirements

You didn't waste time with security and now the expensive incident has happened. Or you have a CISO who means well and who creates extreme effort in the team with his tough requirements.

👉 The security team must also be trained on the topic of "cloud" in order to develop an effective strategy and not "strangle" the cloud journey. Even if you have your cloud cost management under control, it's all useless if security incidents eat up the budget again.

There are more cost guzzlers and stumbling blocks. Effective cloud cost management needs to be learned. We support you in your cost-saving efforts and even provide you with an initial estimate of the possible savings free of charge. Talk to us.