AWS Cost Optimization Guide

    AWS offers unmatched flexibility and scalability, but if left unchecked, your cloud costs can rise fast. Understanding how AWS pricing works, and how to optimize it, can make a big difference to your budget. 

Here’s a quick guide to smarter AWS spending: 

1. Right-Size Your Instances
   Don't overpay for capacity you don't use. Monitor usage and switch to smaller instances when possible. 

2. Use Reserved Instances or Savings Plans
   If your workloads are consistent, commit to longer-term pricing for discounts of up to 75%. 

3. Enable Auto Scaling
   Automatically scale resources up or down based on demand. Combine with Load Balancers for optimal traffic handling. 

4. Track and Monitor Spending
   Use AWS tools like Cost Explorer and Budgets to stay on top of usage and avoid billing surprises. 

5. Optimize Storage Choices
   Choose the right storage tiers (S3 Intelligent-Tiering, Glacier) for different data access needs. Apply lifecycle rules to move or delete old data. 

6. Leverage Spot Instances
   Run batch jobs or flexible tasks at a fraction of the cost using spot pricing. 

7. Consolidate Billing Across Accounts
   Centralize your billing to take advantage of volume discounts. 

8. Reduce Data Transfer Costs
   Keep services in the same region and use CloudFront or AWS Direct Connect where applicable. 

Need help making this work for your business?
Teleglobal, an AWS-certified service provider, helps organizations unlock real savings while keeping performance intact. 

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