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title: "Cloud Cost Reduction & FinOps Diagnostic | Axio Intelligence"
description: "Cloud cost reduction for AWS, GCP and Azure: a read-only diagnostic quantifies recoverable spend, then a fixed-fee project captures it."
url: https://axiointelligence.com/services/cloud-cost-reduction/
---

# Cloud cost reduction

Axio Intelligence reduces cloud spend on AWS, GCP and Azure. A read-only diagnostic inventories every resource, maps spend to workloads and quantifies what is recoverable; a senior engineer validates the findings and presents a prioritised, fixed-fee plan. Published optimisation benchmarks commonly put recoverable spend at 20–50% for teams that have never done this work.

[Scope your project](https://axiointelligence.com/book/) 

## You probably need this if…

- The bill grew faster than revenue and nobody can say exactly why.

- IoT telemetry and video storage costs are climbing with every device you ship.

- Finance is asking engineering questions engineering can’t answer quickly.

## What you get

### Read-only diagnostic

Audit-scoped access, full resource inventory, dependency map and spend attribution.

### Findings deck

Quantified opportunities ranked by dollars saved per week of work — yours to keep.

### Fixed-fee execution

Rightsizing, commitment strategy, storage tiering, data-transfer fixes and architecture changes.

### Guardrails

Budgets, tagging policy and alerts so spend doesn’t drift back.

## What we work in

AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform / OpenTofu, Savings Plans, S3 / object storage tiering

Named platforms and standards describe what we build with and build to; they don’t imply a formal partnership or certification with the vendor.

Typical engagement

**Shape:** Diagnostic, then optional fixed-fee execution

**Timeline:** Diagnostic: ~10 days · Execution: 4–8 weeks

**Pricing:** Fixed fee, quoted after scoping

**IP:** You own the code and designs

[Book a scoping call](https://axiointelligence.com/book/)

## Industries

### Industrial & remote assets

Monitoring and control for oil & gas, water, cold chain and infrastructure.

[Industrial & remote assets](https://axiointelligence.com/industries/industrial-remote-assets/)

### Connectivity providers & IoT platforms

Implementation partner for MVNOs, module makers and IoT platforms.

[Connectivity providers & IoT platforms](https://axiointelligence.com/industries/iot-connectivity-providers/)

### Energy & DER devices

Make batteries, solar + storage and EV chargers dispatchable.

[Energy & DER devices](https://axiointelligence.com/industries/energy-der/)

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### Another sector?

The same engineering carries across sectors. See everywhere we work, or bring yours to a scoping call.

All industries →

[Another sector?](https://axiointelligence.com/industries/)

## Cloud cost reduction: common questions

### Is the diagnostic safe to run against production?

Yes. It uses read-only, audit-scoped credentials you can revoke at any time. Nothing is changed until you approve a plan.

### How much can we expect to save?

It depends on the workload. Published benchmarks from the cloud providers and the FinOps Foundation commonly show 20–50% recoverable for teams that haven’t optimised before; the diagnostic gives you your actual number.

Further reading

- [Quietly cutting cloud bills](https://axiointelligence.com/blog/quietly_cutting_cloud_bills/)
- [Same idea, different bill: mainframe & IBM i migration](https://axiointelligence.com/services/mainframe-migration/)

## Often paired with

### New product line platforms

The full platform for a new division: portals, commerce, billing, integrations.

[New product line platforms](https://axiointelligence.com/services/product-platforms/)

### Data & AI platforms

Data pipelines, labeling workflows and project tooling that feed AI models.

[Data & AI platforms](https://axiointelligence.com/services/data-ai-platforms/)

### Performance & legacy modernization

Profile, fix, and incrementally rewrite systems that can’t keep up.

[Performance & legacy modernization](https://axiointelligence.com/services/legacy-modernization/)