FinOps / Cloud Economics.

Cloud cost management, unit economics, rightsizing, waste detection, and FinOps culture. Covers 8 sub-skills.

• FinOps / Cloud Economics · 1 of 3

  Reserved & Spot Instance Strategy

  What are the three main purchasing options for EC2 instances?

  AFree Tier, Standard, and PremiumBOn-Demand, Reserved, and SpotCMicro, Standard, and EnterpriseDBasic, Professional, and Unlimited

• FinOps / Cloud Economics · 2 of 3

  Cost Attribution & Tagging

  What is a showback report in FinOps?

  AA financial statement showing cloud spend as a line item on the P&LBA per-team view of cloud costs, shown without any internal chargeCA compliance report showing which resources are tagged correctlyDA report sent to the cloud provider requesting billing credits

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  Unit Economics & Cost Per Request

  A platform serves both free-tier and enterprise customers. Why should unit economics be calculated separately for each tier rather than as one company-wide average?

  AEnterprise customers show lower cost per user thanks to volume discountsBTiers consume resources very differently and a blended metric hides itCFree-tier users generate no infrastructure costs and can be left outDCloud providers require separate billing accounts for each customer tier