Azure

Reduce Azure spend with engineering-led cost control

Azure bills become difficult to manage when subscriptions, workloads, storage, logs, reservations and ownership aren't clearly governed. We help you find waste and improve visibility.

Common Azure cost problems we find

Oversized virtual machines

Underused Azure SQL databases

Idle App Services

AKS over-allocation

Unused managed disks

Storage without lifecycle rules

Log Analytics ingestion creep

Poor use of Reservations

Missed Hybrid Benefit

Weak subscription governance

Azure services we review

  • Virtual Machines
  • Azure SQL
  • App Service
  • AKS
  • Storage
  • Managed Disks
  • Log Analytics
  • Application Insights
  • Azure Monitor
  • Load Balancer
  • VPN Gateway
  • Azure Backup
  • Cost Management
  • Reservations
  • Hybrid Benefit
  • Management Groups
  • Subscriptions
  • Resource Groups

Azure cost optimization process

Subscription & billing review

Map spend across subscriptions, management groups and resource groups.

High-cost resource analysis

Drill into the top spend drivers.

Right-sizing & waste review

Find over-provisioned VMs, databases and idle resources.

Reservation & Hybrid Benefit

Review commitment options and licensing benefits.

Tagging & ownership

Build clear allocation across teams and products.

Governance roadmap

Reporting, alerts and review cadence to keep costs in check.

Quick wins for Azure cost reduction

  • Schedule dev and test workloads
  • Right-size VMs and App Services
  • Review Azure SQL sizing
  • Clean up unused disks
  • Reduce Log Analytics retention & ingestion waste
  • Apply storage lifecycle rules
  • Review reservations
  • Check Hybrid Benefit eligibility
  • Improve tagging and budget alerts

Want to reduce Azure spend without blunt cost-cutting?

A structured Azure cost review surfaces safe savings and improves long-term governance.