Cloud Cost Optimization Toolkit

A comprehensive 9-phase methodology for analyzing and reducing cloud infrastructure costs. Covers cost visibility dashboards, idle resource detection (unattached volumes, unused EIPs, idle instances, orphaned snapshots, empty load balancers), compute right-sizing with decision matrices, Reserved Instance and Savings Plan analysis, S3/storage tiering with lifecycle automation, network egress reduction strategies, Kubernetes cost allocation, budget alerts, dev environment scheduling, and monthly cost report templates. Includes ready-to-run commands for AWS CLI, gcloud, and Azure CLI. Typical savings: 20-40% on cloud spend with low-to-medium effort.