Focusing solely on reducing your cloud spending won’t get you anywhere. When it comes to cloud cost management, the conversation usually revolves around reducing costs.
But simply cutting your cloud costs may not be a good long-term strategy.
Most engineering teams pay little attention to things like cloud spend, instead relying on finance teams to set their budgets. To build a more sustainable and cost-efficient business model, engineering needs to be included in high-level conversations surrounding cloud spending and profitability.