Cloud costs climb—here is the simple audit

Many small sites overspend on idle compute, oversized databases, and forgotten staging servers. A monthly audit that lists instances, storage, egress, and idle hours usually finds 15–30% waste. Start with rightsizing: match CPU/RAM to real peaks, not launch-day guesses. Turn off nights-and-weekend environments. Cache static assets at the edge so origin traffic drops. Tag every resource with owner and project so orphan spend is obvious. Cheap cloud is intentional cloud—defaults rarely protect your budget.

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Many small sites overspend on idle compute, oversized databases, and forgotten staging servers. A monthly audit that lists instances, storage, egress, and idle hours usually finds 15–30% waste. Start with rightsizing: match CPU/RAM to real peaks, not launch-day guesses. Turn off nights-and-weekend environments. Cache static assets at the edge so origin traffic drops. Tag every resource with owner and project so orphan spend is obvious. Cheap cloud is intentional cloud—defaults rarely protect your budget.

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