This playbook offers AWS cost optimization strategies—like right-sizing, serverless adoption, and AI inference control—to reduce cloud and AI expenses without slowing product delivery, featuring quick wins, decision frameworks, and key metrics.

This guide outlines AWS FinOps for startups, emphasizing cloud unit economics, cost ownership, cost-aware architecture, tagging, budgeting, governance, and optimization tactics like Savings Plans and Kubernetes cost control to align spend with growth.