Start by reading our article on essential checks when your AWS credits are nearing their end. It provides a comprehensive overview of the steps you should consider, with or without Tailwarden
Leveraging Tailwarden to naviguate the end of AWS credits
Tailwarden offers tools and features to help you gain transparency in your costs and start saving money effectively.
a) Understanding costs without credits
In our cost reports, you have the ability to filter out credits. This feature helps you understand exactly what your expenses will look like once your credits expire. This is key part if naviguatin the end of AWS credits as it's the only way to fully understand how much and why you will pay after the end of AWS credits.
You can also group by services, or resources to identify most expensive part of your infrastructure.
b) Start saving money
Now that you understand how much and why your infrastructure is going to cost you as soon as credits end, it's time to start saving money!
Our robust inventory and filtering system enables you to:
Track Expensive Resources: Easily identify which resources are incurring the most costs.
Old Resource Identification: Find resources that have been running for a long time, which might no longer be necessary or could be optimized for cost.
c) Tagging and cost measurement
But monitoring doesn't stop here - if you want to really reduce your costs, you need to understand your cost per product/team/app. The only way to do that is by cleaning your tags, and Tailwarden is also here for you.
Please check out those pages to learn how to set your tags on autopilot!
As soon as tags are properly implemented, you can easily leverage the inventory of cost-reports to see the cost evolution of a given product/team/app as explained here or as you can see below.
Conclusion
The end of AWS credits doesn’t have to be a daunting challenge. With Tailwarden, you’re equipped with the tools and insights needed to smoothly transition into a post-credits expense management phase. By understanding your true costs, identifying cost-saving opportunities, and effectively categorizing expenses, you can make strategic decisions to maintain a healthy, cost-effective cloud environment.