As companies seek to cut cloud costs, more are looking to take advantage of the saving opportunities provided by AWS discount offerings and avoid paying the hefty price tag for On-Demand. But what is a realistic level of savings?
For some resources, savings potential are underused, leaving millions in savings on the table. For example, in the FinOps community there is an ongoing discussion about ideal coverage accessed through discount offerings such as Reserved Instances (RI) and Savings Plans. It’s disheartening to read that companies generally consider 80% application of discount programs to workloads a measure of success for stable and predictable workloads!
