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AWS Cost Optimization Report - [Month Year]

Report Date: [Date] Reporting Period: [Start Date] - [End Date] Prepared By: [Your Name/Team]

Executive Summary

Metric Value vs Budget vs Last Month
Total AWS Spend $XX,XXX ±X% ±X%
Largest Service Service Name ($X,XXX) - -
Optimization Savings $X,XXX - -
Projected Next Month $XX,XXX - -

Key Highlights

  • ✅ [Positive highlight, e.g., "Reduced compute costs by 15%"]
  • ⚠️ [Area of concern, e.g., "Storage costs increased 25% due to new backups"]
  • 🎯 [Action taken, e.g., "Purchased Reserved Instances for $X,XXX annual savings"]

Cost Breakdown by Service

Service Current Month Last Month Change % of Total
EC2 $XX,XXX $XX,XXX +/-X% XX%
RDS $XX,XXX $XX,XXX +/-X% XX%
S3 $XX,XXX $XX,XXX +/-X% XX%
Data Transfer $XX,XXX $XX,XXX +/-X% XX%
Lambda $XX,XXX $XX,XXX +/-X% XX%
Other $XX,XXX $XX,XXX +/-X% XX%
Total $XX,XXX $XX,XXX +/-X% 100%

Cost by Environment

Environment Cost % of Total Budget Variance
Production $XX,XXX XX% $XX,XXX +/-X%
Staging $XX,XXX XX% $XX,XXX +/-X%
Development $XX,XXX XX% $XX,XXX +/-X%
Test $XX,XXX XX% $XX,XXX +/-X%
Total $XX,XXX 100% $XX,XXX +/-X%

Cost by Team/Project

Team/Project Cost % of Total vs Last Month
Team Alpha $XX,XXX XX% +/-X%
Team Beta $XX,XXX XX% +/-X%
Team Gamma $XX,XXX XX% +/-X%
Platform/Shared $XX,XXX XX% +/-X%
Untagged $XX,XXX XX% +/-X%
Total $XX,XXX 100% +/-X%

Cost Anomalies Detected

Significant Cost Increases

Date Service Cost Baseline Increase Root Cause Action Taken
[Date] [Service] $XXX $XXX +XX% [Explanation] [Action]

Unusual Spending Patterns

  • [Service/Resource]: [Description of anomaly and investigation findings]

Optimization Activities This Month

Actions Completed

  1. [Optimization Action 1]

    • Description: [What was done]
    • Monthly Savings: $XXX
    • Annual Savings: $XXX
    • Effort: [Hours/Days]

  2. [Optimization Action 2]

    • Description: [What was done]
    • Monthly Savings: $XXX
    • Annual Savings: $XXX
    • Effort: [Hours/Days]

  3. [Optimization Action 3]

    • Description: [What was done]
    • Monthly Savings: $XXX
    • Annual Savings: $XXX
    • Effort: [Hours/Days]

Total Savings Achieved

  • Monthly: $XXX
  • Annual: $XXX

Optimization Opportunities Identified

High Priority (Recommended This Month)

  1. [Opportunity 1]

    • Issue: [Description of waste/inefficiency]
    • Recommendation: [What to do]
    • Estimated Monthly Savings: $XXX
    • Effort: [Low/Medium/High]
    • Risk: [Low/Medium/High]
    • Owner: [Team/Person]
    • Deadline: [Date]

  2. [Opportunity 2]

    • Issue: [Description]
    • Recommendation: [Action]
    • Estimated Monthly Savings: $XXX
    • Effort: [Low/Medium/High]
    • Risk: [Low/Medium/High]
    • Owner: [Team/Person]
    • Deadline: [Date]

Medium Priority (Next Quarter)

  1. [Opportunity 3]

    • Details: [Brief description]
    • Estimated Monthly Savings: $XXX

  2. [Opportunity 4]

    • Details: [Brief description]
    • Estimated Monthly Savings: $XXX

Resource Inventory

Unused Resources Found

Resource Type Count Total Monthly Cost Action
Unattached EBS Volumes XX $XXX Delete after review
Old Snapshots (>90 days) XX $XXX Delete after review
Unused Elastic IPs XX $XXX Release
Idle NAT Gateways XX $XXX Review and consolidate
Idle Load Balancers XX $XXX Delete
Stopped EC2 (>30 days) XX $XXX Terminate

Total Potential Savings: $XXX/month

Rightsizing Recommendations

Instance ID Current Type Recommended Type Monthly Savings Utilization
i-xxxxx m5.2xlarge m5.xlarge $XXX Avg CPU: XX%
i-xxxxx c5.4xlarge c5.2xlarge $XXX Avg CPU: XX%
i-xxxxx r5.8xlarge r5.4xlarge $XXX Avg CPU: XX%

Total Potential Savings: $XXX/month

Reserved Instance/Savings Plan Opportunities

Service Instance Type Quantity Commitment Monthly Savings Annual Savings
EC2 m5.xlarge 10 1yr Standard RI $XXX $XXX
RDS db.r5.large 5 3yr Standard RI $XXX $XXX

Total Potential Annual Savings: $XXX

Commitment Utilization

Reserved Instances

Instance Type Purchased Utilized Utilization % Status
m5.xlarge 20 19.2 96% ✅ Good
c5.2xlarge 10 7.5 75% ⚠️ Review
r5.large 5 5.0 100% ✅ Good

Savings Plans

Commitment Type Commitment Used Utilization % Status
Compute SP $5,000/month $4,950 99% ✅ Good
EC2 Instance SP $2,000/month $1,800 90% ✅ Good

Tag Compliance

Tag Compliance Rate Resources Missing Tags Trend
Environment 95% 120 ↗️ Improving
Owner 88% 280 → Stable
Project 92% 180 ↗️ Improving
CostCenter 85% 350 ↘️ Declining

Action Required: [Teams/resources that need to improve tagging]

Forecast & Projections

Next Month Forecast

  • AWS Cost Explorer Forecast: $XX,XXX
  • Confidence Level: [High/Medium/Low]
  • Known Variables:
    • ✅ [Factor that will decrease costs]
    • ⚠️ [Factor that will increase costs]

Quarterly Projection

Quarter Projected Cost vs Previous Quarter Notes
Q[X] [Year] $XXX,XXX +/-X% [Notes]

Upcoming Changes & Impact

New Projects/Initiatives

  1. [Project Name]

    • Launch Date: [Date]
    • Expected Monthly Cost: $XXX
    • Budget Allocated: $XXX

  2. [Project Name]

    • Launch Date: [Date]
    • Expected Monthly Cost: $XXX
    • Budget Allocated: $XXX

Planned Optimizations

  1. [Planned Activity]
    • Scheduled: [Date]
    • Expected Savings: $XXX/month

Action Items from Last Month

Item Owner Status Notes
[Action item 1] [Name] ✅ Complete [Notes]
[Action item 2] [Name] 🔄 In Progress [Notes]
[Action item 3] [Name] ❌ Blocked [Notes]

Action Items for Next Month

Priority Item Owner Deadline Expected Savings
🔴 High [Action 1] [Name] [Date] $XXX/month
🔴 High [Action 2] [Name] [Date] $XXX/month
🟡 Medium [Action 3] [Name] [Date] $XXX/month
🟡 Medium [Action 4] [Name] [Date] $XXX/month
🟢 Low [Action 5] [Name] [Date] $XXX/month

Appendix

Methodology

  • Data Source: AWS Cost Explorer, Cost & Usage Reports
  • Scripts Used:
    • find_unused_resources.py
    • analyze_ri_recommendations.py
    • rightsizing_analyzer.py
    • cost_anomaly_detector.py
  • Analysis Period: [Days] days of data
  • Cost Estimation: Based on [region] pricing, [assumptions]

Definitions

  • Untagged Resources: Resources missing one or more required tags
  • Idle Resources: Resources with <5% avg utilization over analysis period
  • Optimization Savings: Actual realized savings from completed optimizations
  • Potential Savings: Estimated savings from recommended actions

Contact

For questions about this report, contact:

  • FinOps Team: [email]
  • Report Author: [name, email]

Next Review Date: [Date]

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