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The cloud cost-review checklist we run on real Azure & AWS bills.

Most cloud bills carry 25–35% waste — orphaned disks, idle gateways, over-provisioned VMs, the Windows licence paid for twice, AI spend nobody's watching. This is the one-page checklist we work through to find it, in the order that reclaims money fastest. Built for cloud engineers, FinOps and IT teams who'd rather run the review than read a manual.

✓ Works for Azure & AWS
✓ Vendor-neutral — no product required to use it
✓ From the team that builds 75+ automated cost checks

What's on the checklist

The same review order we use on client estates — zero-risk waste first (needs no sign-off), then the bigger levers.

Zero-risk waste

Delete, don't decide

Orphaned disks / unattached EBS volumes
Idle public IPs, NAT gateways, load balancers
Old snapshots & empty App Service plans

Biggest levers Rightsize & commit

Rightsizing VMs & databases to real usage
Reservations vs Savings Plans, layered
Hybrid Benefit & storage tiering

Modern & ongoing

Don't let it creep back

AI / token spend (Azure OpenAI, Bedrock)
Tagging & showback so cost has an owner
Anomaly watch + a monthly cadence

Who it's for

If cloud spend is your problem to answer for, this checklist is for you.

Cloud & platform engineers

Run a credible review without a FinOps platform
Exact portal/CLI actions, not vague advice

FinOps & IT leads

A repeatable monthly cadence to hand your team
Savings you can show finance

MSPs & consultancies

A structured review to run across client accounts
The fast path from "the bill is high" to actions

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