FinOps · AWS

AWS

EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda and the rest: where AWS spend actually goes, which levers pull hardest, and how the AWS FinOps Agent fits into the picture.

A stacked bar chart showing AWS cost breakdown: EC2 at 38 percent, data transfer at 18 percent, RDS at 15 percent, S3 at 12 percent, Lambda at 8 percent, and other services at 9 percent.

Engineering

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.

Aug 11, 2026