FINOPS

Cloud cost review

A web checklist for cost transparency, ownership, budgets and recurring optimization.

Transparency

  • Attribute costs to services, projects and environments
  • Assign owners and cost centres to material resources
  • Expose untagged or unexplained costs

Budgets

  • Define budgets and alert thresholds
  • Explain monthly variances
  • Refresh forecasts and commitments regularly

Optimization

  • Identify unused resources
  • Review sizing, storage tiers and schedules
  • Apply savings only after risk and performance review

Governance

  • Document cost changes with an audit trail
  • Report AI and infrastructure costs separately
  • Do not derive contractual customer prices from operating costs

This guide is for orientation. It is not a certification, legal advice or a guarantee of compliance.

CloudForge Team — Cloud, Container and AI under control