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Example cost optimization analysis
Cost Analysis
$936
$11,227
13 optimizations
Largest Single Opportunity
$350
Biggest cost reduction available
High-Value Items
31%
4 items worth $100+/month
Top Waste Category
RDS
$350/month waste
Business Risk Level
High
Cost bleed from unoptimized resources
Service Breakdown
Breakdown of savings and issues by service
Service Analysis
Distribution & Insights
Strategic Investment Analysis
Optimization value grouped by business impact and implementation priority
Critical Impact
$350
1 items • immediate ROI
High Value
$350
3 items • strong business case
Strategic Gains
$123
2 items • planned optimization
Incremental Wins
$113
7 items • ongoing efficiency
staging-database
Stop idle RDS instance (0% connections) - db.r5.xlarge staging database with no activity for 30+ days
api-server-prod
Downsize overprovisioned instance (12% CPU) - reduce from m5.xlarge to m5.large
data-backup-vol
Delete unattached EBS volume (1500GB gp3) - detached 30+ days ago from terminated instance
image-processor
Lambda over-provisioned (15% timeout usage) - reduce memory from 3008MB to 1024MB
weekly-backup-2023
Delete old snapshots (6+ months old) - 25 snapshots totaling 1250GB from previous backup strategy
worker-server
Downsize overprovisioned instance (8% CPU) - reduce from m5.large to t3.large
vpc-nat-legacy
Delete unused NAT Gateway - minimal data transfer (<0.5GB/day) for unused VPC
app-assets
Clean up 10 incomplete multipart uploads - failed uploads consuming ~1TB storage unnecessarily
user-uploads
Implement S3 lifecycle policy - 1000GB of objects >90 days old can move to Infrequent Access
legacy-app-lb
Delete unused Application Load Balancer (0 healthy targets) - no traffic for 14+ days
test-server-old
Stop idle EC2 instance (2% CPU) - t3.small instance with minimal activity
elastic-ip-1
Release unattached Elastic IP - not associated with any instance for 45+ days
temp-processing
Delete empty S3 bucket - no objects stored but incurring management costs
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