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Optimization of Costs

Most companies pay between 20% and 40% more than necessary for Google Cloud . Not because GCP is expensive, but because the configuration isn't optimized. We fix that.

20-40%typical bill reduction

Up to 57%savings with 3-year CUDs

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Where is money lost in GCP ?

These are the problems we find in 90% of the audits we conduct:

Oversized VMs — VMs with 16 vCPUs that use 2 on average. You’re paying 8x more than necessary for compute.

Orphan resources — Persistent disks without VMs, old snapshots, reserved but unused static IPs. Costing money every month without anyone knowing.

Without CUDs or SUDs — Paying on-demand for VMs that have been running 24/7 for months. Sustained Use Discounts (SUDs) are automatic, but 1–3 year CUDs can yield up to 57% in additional savings.

Unnecessary network traffic — Egress between regions, between zones, or to the internet when data could remain within the same zone. Networking is one of the most opaque costs in GCP .

Our optimization process

We don’t make generic recommendations—we make measurable changes with immediate impact:

Consumption audit (free)

We analyze your GCP bill line by line: compute, storage, networking, databases, BigQuery . We identify exactly where the waste lies and how much you can save, presenting the findings with concrete figures.

Quick wins (weeks 1–2)

We eliminate orphaned resources, right-size obvious VMs, and configure auto-scaling where it is missing. These actions typically yield immediate savings of 10–15%.

CUDs and Spot VMs (Month 1)

We analyze your steady-state usage to calculate the optimal CUD (1 or 3 years, up to 57% savings on compute). For interruption-tolerant workloads (CI/CD, batch, rendering), we configure Spot VMs with up to a 91% discount.

Continuous FinOps (monthly)

Monthly reviews using Looker dashboards. We implement new recommendations from the Recommender. We adjust CUDs based on actual usage. Budget alerts at 50%, 80%, and 100%. The savings are sustainable, not one-off.

FinOps: a culture of continuous optimization

Cost optimization is not a project—it is a discipline. FinOps integrates engineering, finance, and the business to ensure sustainable savings:

To inform

Full visibility: dashboards by team, project, and service. Each manager sees their impact on the bill.

Optimize

Rightsizing, CUDs, Spot VMs, and cleanup of orphaned resources. Actions with measurable impact that do not affect performance.

To operate

Mandatory tagging, quota policies, monthly reviews, and cross-team accountability.

Cost-saving mechanisms in Google Cloud

Mechanism	Savings	Requirement
SUDs (automatic)	Up to 30%	None — they are applied automatically when using VMs.
1-year CUDs	Up to 37%	Minimum usage commitment of 1 year
3-year CUDs	Up to 57%	Minimum usage commitment for 3 years
Spot VMs	Up to 91%	Interruption-tolerant workloads (batch, CI/CD)
Rightsizing	20-60%	Adjust VMs to actual CPU and memory usage
Flat-rate BigQuery	Variable	For companies with intensive and predictable BQ usage

Tools we use

Cloud Billing Recommender Committed Use Discounts Spot VMs Looker Dashboards Budget Alerts Cloud Monitoring

Frequently Asked Questions

Most companies manage to reduce their bill by 20% to 40% through a combination of rightsizing, CUDs, and the elimination of unused resources. The exact savings depend on your current setup—we calculate this using concrete figures during the free audit.

Committed Use Discounts are discounts Google offers in exchange for a 1- or 3-year usage commitment. They are not reservations for specific instances; rather, they are flexible discounts on CPU and memory usage within a region. You can change machine types without losing the discount. Savings of up to 57% on compute.

No. Each recommendation is validated against actual CPU, memory, disk, and network metrics before implementation. Rightsizing isn't about blindly downsizing—it’s about adjusting to actual usage. If a VM uses 2 out of 16 vCPUs over a 30-day period, scaling it down to 4 vCPUs provides plenty of headroom while saving 75%.

Cutting costs is a one-off action whose impact fades within three months. FinOps is an ongoing discipline: team-specific dashboards, tagging policies, monthly reviews, budget alerts, and accountability. Savings are sustained and grow over time.

No. Our service comes with a fixed monthly price. We do not charge a commission on the savings. This way, our incentives are aligned with yours: we want your bill to drop as much as possible, because that leads you to hire us for longer.

Do you want to know how much you can save?

Free consumption audit. We tell you exactly where the waste is and how much you can reduce it. No obligation.

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