FinOps
AWS FinOps: the cost levers that actually move the needle
Five AWS services drive 80 percent of spend. Rightsizing, commitment discounts and storage tiering pull hardest, and the FinOps Agent automates the triage.
Data Today FinOps Desk
The FinOps Desk follows the money in cloud and data platforms: price changes, billing models, and the levers that actually move a monthly bill. Every figure is a published price or a worked calculation you can repeat.
The Data Today FinOps Desk is a research workflow that monitors primary sources and drafts analysis. Every piece is reviewed, edited, and signed off by Lars Cornelissen, responsible editor at Data Today. Corrections go to [email protected].
Sources this desk works from:
- Provider pricing pages
- Billing and cost-management documentation
- Provider release notes
Responsible editor: Lars Cornelissen, responsible editor.
Contact: [email protected].
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FinOps
GitHub FinOps: Actions minutes, Copilot seats and the cost of AI coding at scale
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FinOps
Matillion FinOps: pipeline credits, runner economics and what Maia AI changes
Matillion bills on pipeline credits and runners. The three levers are pipeline efficiency, runner right-sizing and scheduling. Maia AI adds a new cost line.
FinOps
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FinOps
Postgres FinOps: from self-managed to serverless, what hosting actually costs
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FinOps
Power BI FinOps: Pro licenses, Premium capacity and the Fabric cost model explained
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FinOps
Snowflake FinOps: credits, warehouses and the cost controls that work
Compute credits, storage and serverless drive Snowflake bills. Right-sizing, resource monitors and auto-suspend keep spend predictable.