A curated list of awesome FinOps resources
FinOps, also called Cloud Financial Management, is a set of principles, practices and tools to increase an organization's ability to understand cloud costs, make business tradeoffs, and ultimately get the most value out of their cloud spending.
- FinOps Foundation - Its goal is to advance the discipline of FinOps and cloud financial management through best practices, education and standards. It is a member of The Linux Foundation.
- LinkedIn - Cloud FinOps Practitioners
- Reddit - r/FinOps
- Understanding Data Transfer in AWS - Make sense of the complex world of data transfer cost in AWS.
- Corey Quinn / Screaming in the Cloud - interviews people in the cloud space.
- Cristian Magherusan-Stanciu / LeanerCloud - technical deep-dives on cloud optimization topics.
- Jon Myer - FinOps insights, interviews with FinOps people and tooling vendors.
- Keys to AWS Optimization Podcast - Podcast from the AWS Twitch Channel with SME's on cost optimization.
- Keys to AWS Optimization Youtube - Videos from the AWS Twitch Channel with SME's on cost optimization.
- Cloud FinOps - J.R. Storment, Mike Fuller - Seminal book by founders of the FinOps Foundation.
- Mastering AWS Cost Optimization - Eli Mansoor - Book focused on cost optimization techniques for AWS.
- edX - Introduction to FinOps - Self-paced, 1-2 hour introduction.
- Well Architected Cost Labs - The Cost Optimization section of the Well-Architected Labs.
- FinOps Certified Practitioner - Two-day training course and certification by the FinOps Foundation.
- finopsfoundation/kpis - List of common KPIs by the FinOps Foundation.
- AutoSpotting Community Edition - Converts ASGs to Spot with automated failover to on-demand and no configuration changes. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, ASG, Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Spot
- Cloud Custodian - Stateless rules engine for cloud policy definition and enforcement. Tags: cost_visibility, automated_optimization, multi_cloud
- ec2instances.info - Information about AWS infrastructure, like EC2 and RDS instance types. Tags: cost_visibility, AWS, EC2, RDS
- EBS Optimizer Community Edition - Converts AWS EBS volumes to GP3 without configuration changes. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, EBS
- InfraCost - Displays cost of Terraform code changes. Tags: cost_visibility, Terraform
- Karpenter - Just-in-time capacity provisioner for Kubernetes. Tags: automated_optimization, Kubernetes, AWS, Spot, EKS
- OptScale - FinOps and cloud cost optimization with ML/AI developer tools. Tags: cost_visibility, multi_cloud, ML
- Savings Estimator - GUI for estimating Spot savings in ASGs. Tags: cost_visibility, AWS, Spot
- AutoSpotting - Commercial version of AutoSpotting Community Edition with some enhancements. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, ASG, Kubernetes, EKS, ECS
- BlueArch - Automated tagging and cost optimization recommendations. Tags: cost_visibility, recommendations
- Cast.ai - Automated cost optimization for Kubernetes. Tags: automated_optimization, multi_cloud, Kubernetes, EKS, Spot
- Cloudability - Cloud cost management and visibility. Tags: cost_visibility, multi_cloud
- CloudCheckr - Cloud management platform for cost, security, and compliance. Tags: cost_visibility, multi_cloud
- CloudHealth - Cloud cost visibility and automated optimizations. Tags: cost_visibility, multi_cloud
- CloudPouch - A unique desktop application that works with any AWS account, uses AWS CLI proviles. Cloud cost visibility and optimizations. Tags: cost_visibility, automated_optimization, AWS, EBS
- CloudThread - Cloud cost tracking and waste identification. Tags: cost_visibility, multi_cloud
- CloudZero - Cloud cost intelligence platform. Tags: cost_visibility, multi_cloud
- Densify - Automated rightsizing for Kubernetes and Compute Instances. Tags: cost_visibility, automated_optimization, Kubernetes, EKS, EC2
- EBS Optimizer - Commercial version of EBS Optimizer Community Edition. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, EBS
- Hystax - FinOps and MLOps platform. Tags: cost_visibility, recommendations, ML, multi_cloud
- InfraCost - Commercial version of Infracost. Tags: cost_visibility, Terraform, multi_cloud
- KubeCost - Rightsizing recommendations for Kubernetes. Tags: cost_visibility, multi_cloud, Kubernetes, EKS, rightsizing
- MemVerge - Optimizes cost and performance for data-intensive workloads. Tags: automated_optimization, Spot, rightsizing
- nOps - Comprehensive AWS FinOps platform. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, Spot, Kubernetes, EBS, RDS, RIs
- Pepperdata - Real-time, automated cost optimization for Amazon EMR and Amazon EKS. Tags: automated_optimization, EKS, EMR, Kubernetes, multi_cloud
- ProsperOps - Automates RI and savings plans purchasing. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, RIs
- Pump - Cost optimization through group buying, AI and automated RI purchasing. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, RIs, AI/ML
- ScaleOps - Automated rightsizing for Kubernetes pods. Tags: automated_optimization, multi_cloud, Kubernetes, rightsizing
- Spot.io - Visibility, infrastructure automation and optimization for Spot and RIs. Tags: automated_optimization, multi_cloud, Spot, Kubernetes, RIs
- Stacklet - Enterprise version of Cloud Custodian. Tags: cost_visibility, automated_optimization, multi_cloud
- Unusd - Detects unused cloud resources. Tags: cost_visibility, AWS
- Usage.ai - Automates RI purchasing. Tags: automated_optimization, RIs
- Vantage - Multi-cloud cost visibility with automated RI purchasing. Tags: cost_visibility, automated_optimization, RIs, multi_cloud
- Xosphere - Commercial version of AutoSpotting Community Edition with some enhancements. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, ASG, Kubernetes, EKS
- Zesty - Automates RI purchasing and EBS optimization. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, RIs, EBS
- Duckbill Group - mostly focused on Enterprise customers, based in the US.
- TechNative - mostly focused on Enterprise customers, based in the Netherlands.
- Cristian Magherusan-Stanciu / LeanerCloud - Cloud Optimization Consultant, building OSS and commercial tools like AutoSpotting, EBS Optimizer and Savings Estimator, ex-AWS Specialist Solutions Architect for Spot and Graviton, based in Germany. Tags: technical, tooling, open_source, cloud_strategy
- Eli Mansoor / OskaQ Consulting - Consultant focused on helping companies and public sector organizations define cloud strategy and negotiate EDP contracts, FinOps book author, ex-AWS Specialist for Graviton, based in Israel. Tags: cloud_strategy, contracts, public_sector
- Erik Norman / Caligo - FinOps consultant, based in Italy. Tags: technical, cloud_strategy
- Jean Latiere / OptimNow - FinOps consultant focused on Green Computing, ex-AWS Specialist for Spot and Graviton, based in France. Tags: cloud_strategy, greenops
- Shahar Raz - Tech strategy consultant focused on AWS cost optimization, based in Israel. Tags: cloud_strategy
- Srinivas Devaki / OptiOwl - Technical Cloud Optimization Consultant, based in India. Tags: technical, cloud_strategy
- Lewis Cowell / OpzTalent - Talent Agency dedicated to Cloud FinOps/Cost Optimization.
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