Cloud Cost Optimization
Course Index
28 Lessons · 3 Sections
Master cloud cost optimization — the FinOps framework used by engineering teams to reduce cloud spend by 30–60% without sacrificing performance. Covers rightsizing, reservations, spot instances, tagging & multi-cloud cost management. Includes 4 builds: AWS bill audit, savings plans, FinOps dashboard & anomaly alerts.
28Lessons
3Sections
4Projects
FreeAccess
Section 1FinOps Fundamentals & Cloud BillingLessons 1–10
Lesson 1
What is Cloud Cost Optimization? FinOps Overview
Lesson 2
FinOps Framework: Inform, Optimize & Operate
Lesson 3
Understanding Your Cloud Bill
Lesson 4
AWS Cost Explorer, Cost Allocation Tags & Budgets
Lesson 5
Azure Cost Management & Advisor Recommendations
Lesson 6
GCP Billing, Budgets & Committed Use Discounts
Lesson 7
Rightsizing: Compute, Memory & Storage
Lesson 8
Reserved Instances, Savings Plans & Committed Use
Lesson 9
Spot & Preemptible Instances
Lesson 10
Auto Scaling for Cost Efficiency
Section 2Storage, Network & Advanced OptimisationLessons 11–22
Lesson 11
Storage Cost Optimization: Lifecycle Policies & Tiers
Lesson 12
Network Cost Optimization: Egress & Data Transfer
Lesson 13
Serverless & PaaS for Cost Efficiency
Lesson 14
Container Cost Optimization: K8s & Resource Requests
Lesson 15
Database Cost Optimization
Lesson 16
Tagging Strategy & Cost Allocation
Lesson 17
Waste Identification: Idle & Orphaned Resources
Lesson 18
Third-Party FinOps Tools: Apptio & CloudHealth
Lesson 19
FinOps Culture: Shared Ownership & Accountability
Lesson 20
Multi-Cloud Cost Management
Lesson 21
AI Cost Optimization: Inference & Training Costs 2026
Lesson 22
Sustainability: Green Cloud & Carbon Footprint
Section 3FinOps Practice, 2026 & ProjectsLessons 23–28
Lesson 23
Building a FinOps Practice in Your Organisation
Lesson 24
Cloud Cost Optimization Trends 2026
Lesson 25
Audit & Reduce Your AWS Cloud Bill by 30%
Lesson 26
Implement AWS Savings Plans & Reserved Instances
Lesson 27
Build a FinOps Dashboard with Cost Allocation Tags
Lesson 28
Automate Cost Anomaly Detection & Alerts