Unpredictable cloud spending can hinder innovation and strain budgets. Plan A's FinOps & Azure Cost Optimization Assessment is a 2-4 week engagement designed to analyze your complete Azure footprint, identify sources of wasted spend, and provide an actionable roadmap for financial governance and optimization.
Our expert FinOps analysts will work with your team to conduct a deep-dive analysis of your usage, billing, and resource configuration, delivering a clear plan to reduce your monthly Azure bill.
What You Receive
Based on our analysis, you will receive a comprehensive FinOps Optimization Report that includes:
- Spend Visibility Dashboard: A detailed breakdown of your current costs by service, resource group, and project, identifying top spend drivers.
- Waste Identification Report: A prioritized list of idle assets, overprovisioned resources (e.g., VMs, databases, licenses), and unoptimized storage.
- Rightsizing & Optimization Roadmap: Actionable recommendations for VM rightsizing, leveraging Reserved Instances (RIs) or Savings Plans, and implementing autoscaling to match capacity with demand.
- Cost Governance Plan: Recommendations for implementing budgets, alerts, and resource tagging strategies to maintain financial control and accountability.
- Projected Savings Analysis: A clear estimate of potential monthly and annual savings you can achieve by implementing the recommendations.
Timeline of the Assessment
- Week 1: Project Kickoff & Data Ingestion
Activities: Conduct stakeholder interviews with finance and technical teams, grant read-only access to Azure billing and monitoring data, and align on business goals.
- Week 2: Analysis & Waste Identification
Activities: Our analysts parse usage data, identify optimization candidates, and model potential savings scenarios.
- Week 3: Solution & Roadmap Design
Activities: Develop the detailed rightsizing plan, RI/Savings Plan strategy, and governance recommendations.
- Week 4: Finalization & Presentation
Activities: Finalize the FinOps Optimization Report and present the strategic roadmap and findings to your team.
Participants in the Assessment
From Plan A Technologies:
- Senior FinOps Analyst
- Senior Cloud Architect
From Your Team:
- Business and/or IT Decision-Makers
- Finance/Procurement Lead
- Technical Lead / Cloud Engineer
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What happens after the assessment?
You can use the detailed report to implement the changes with your own team or engage Plan A for our ongoing Managed FinOps service.
How much does this assessment cost?
Our FinOps Assessments typically range from $25,000 to $60,000, depending on the complexity of your Azure environment.
How much can I expect to save from this assessment?
The results are variable depending on your cloud environment size and complexity. On the high end, enterprise level environments have saved over $500,000 annually.