Cloud Costs

PubNub Had a Triangle of Pain. Here's How They Broke Out of It.

A small FinOps team, unpredictable traffic, and a "triangle of pain": overpay on-demand or gamble on multi-year commitments. Here's how PubNub broke out of it and saved over $500K in year one.

Cloud Costs

Why Guaranteed Commitments Change Everything in Cloud FinOps

The biggest obstacle to cloud savings is commitment risk. Here's how guaranteed, insurance-backed commitments change the math entirely for FinOps teams.

Cloud Costs

Microsoft just handed VMware-on-Azure shops a deadline. Don't let it force a bad commitment too.

Azure VMware Solution's license-included tier is going away. Here's how to migrate to native Azure compute without overcommitting.

Cloud Costs

The Cloud Commitment Trap: Why Azure and AWS Discounts Come With a Catch

Azure and AWS both reward long cloud commitments with steep discounts, and both punish you just as hard if your usage changes first. Here's how guaranteed commitments change the math on either cloud.

Savings Plans

Azure Is Ending Reservation Exchanges in 2027

Microsoft is ending Azure Reservation exchanges on Feb 1, 2027. Here's what's changing, why it matters for anyone managing Azure spend, and how to keep Reservation-level savings without taking on multi-year risk.

Cloud Costs

Cloud Cost Management Tools: What Actually Works

The cloud cost management market is crowded and confusing. We cut through the noise and compare the top 10 tools on the dimensions that actually matter.