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Designing an AI-Native FinOps Layer on AWS with Official MCP Servers (No Custom Code Needed)
What This Guide Covers This is a step-by-step architecture and implementation blog to build an AI-powered FinOps system on AWS using official or supported MCP
Distinguishing Cost Savings, Reduction, and Avoidance in FinOps
The Results of Cloud financial management, can be measured by three distinct pillars: cost savings, spend reduction and cost avoidance. Treating them as interchangeable not only muddies reporting but also misaligns incentives and obscures the true impact of your FinOps initiatives. …
How ownership of Cloud Cost KPIs can transform insights into action and drive cost-conscious decision-making
Organizations often suffer from a cascade of interrelated challenges that read like a tragedy-comedy script: without clear cost ownership, cost anomalies pop up like surprise
Automating AWS Cost Allocation with Tags, Lambda, and Boto3
Managing cloud costs effectively requires more than just tracking usage. One of the foundational pillars of mature FinOps practices is accurate cost allocation. Without proper
Native Container Cost Allocation in AWS: Solving a Long-Standing FinOps Blind Spot
In many cloud-native organizations, container orchestration platforms like Amazon EKS and ECS are deployed as shared clusters. These clusters often host dozens—or even hundreds—of microservices,
Optimizing Generative AI Spend: A FinOps Case Study
Why Generative AI Costs Are Different Token-centric billing changes everythingUnlike compute or storage-based workloads, generative AI charges based on tokens processed. These can fluctuate dramatically
The Hidden Cost of Microservices: A FinOps Case Study in Architectural Debt
In cloud-native environments, it’s tempting to default to microservices as the architectural gold standard. Teams often adopt them early to improve developer velocity, increase modularity,