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💡 Understanding AWS NAT Gateway Pricing and Cost Navigating AWS NAT Gateway pricing can be complex. Our blog post breaks down the pricing structure, helps you understand the costs involved, and provides insights on how to optimize your AWS spend. Learn strategies to effectively manage and reduce your NAT Gateway expenses. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gUjE5FUS #CloudForecast #AWS #NATGateway #DevOps #SRE #CostOptimization

💼 Amazon EBS GP2 vs. GP3: What You Need to Know Our blog post compares GP2 and GP3 volumes, highlighting the benefits of GP3 for AWS cost optimization and performance enhancement. Pro tip: Leverage GP3's customizable performance settings to align your storage with your specific workload needs, ensuring you're not overpaying for unnecessary performance. 🔗 Read the blog:https://lnkd.in/gMb3VQZ4 #CloudForecast #AWS #EBS #CostEfficiency #DevOps #SRE

🚀 Introducing CloudForecast's Free AWS MAP Tracker! When speaking with our users and Amazon Web Services (AWS) SA/CSMs, we kept hearing the same challenges with a MAP: ✅ Keeping internal teams and AWS aligned on MAP progress ✅ Limited visibility and reporting, leading to manual tracking ✅ Tagging accuracy issues that impact MAP credit eligibility With those challenges in mind, our eng team built a free AWS MAP Tracker that automates weekly MAP summaries, keeping you and your internal teams, finance, and AWS account teams aligned—without the manual effort. This new feature is available for FREE on all our plans, including our Free Community Plan! No CC is required. Learn more about this new feature here: https://lnkd.in/g8iYVs8u A huge thank you to Raul Frias, Bhavye Sharma, and Gene Dowdle, along with all the CSMs and SAs who helped us validate this feature. And a special shoutout to our early adopter, Thomas Auchinleck at Zinnia, for his invaluable feedback!

💼 AWS Tagging: Best Practices and Tips Our blog post on AWS tagging best practices provides key insights into managing your cloud resources more effectively. Pro tip: Regularly audit your tags to ensure consistency and update them as your AWS environment evolves to maintain clarity and control. 🔗 Read the blog: https://lnkd.in/eQwmXQY #CloudForecast #AWS #Tagging #CostEfficiency #DevOps #SRE

🔧 Leverage Reserved Instances to Save on RDS Did you know that using Reserved Instances can significantly cut your AWS RDS costs? Our blog post explains how to effectively use Reserved Instances, along with other optimization strategies like right-sizing and using automated backups to save on database expenses. 🔗 Explore more: https://lnkd.in/edSj8qs #CloudForecast #AWS #RDS #CostManagement #DevOps #SRE

🚀 Optimize Your AWS CloudFront Costs Are your CloudFront costs creeping up? Our blog post offers practical tips to reduce expenses, such as optimizing data transfer rates, using the right pricing tier, and leveraging cache behaviors. Make the most of CloudFront without breaking the bank. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ghTiD9f #CloudForecast #AWS #CloudFront #CostSavings #DevOps #SRE

💡 Understanding AWS Redshift Pricing AWS Redshift is a powerful data warehousing solution, but its pricing can be complex. Our blog post unpacks the different pricing models, helping you understand how to choose the best option for your use case. Learn how to navigate Redshift's pricing structure and make informed decisions to optimize your data warehousing costs. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gvTbTyNH #CloudForecast #AWS #Redshift #DevOps #SRE #CostOptimization

📊 TL;DR: Amazon EBS GP2 vs. GP3 GP3 is the new standard for Amazon EBS, offering: - 20% lower cost compared to GP2 - Higher baseline performance - Ability to provision additional IOPS and throughput Make the switch to GP3 to save on costs and boost performance. 🔗 Full details: https://lnkd.in/gMb3VQZ4 #CloudForecast #AWS #EBS #DevOps #SRE #CostOptimization

📊 TL;DR: AWS Tagging Best Practices AWS tagging is essential for: - Organizing resources - Enhancing cost allocation and tracking - Improving security and compliance Implement a strong tagging strategy to optimize your AWS environment. 🔗 Full details: https://lnkd.in/eQwmXQY #CloudForecast #AWS #Tagging #DevOps #SRE #CloudManagement

🚀 Optimize Your AWS RDS Costs Are your AWS RDS costs higher than expected? Our blog post offers actionable tips to reduce your expenses, such as choosing the right instance type, leveraging Reserved Instances, and optimizing storage. Take control of your RDS costs with these practical strategies. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/edSj8qs #CloudForecast #AWS #RDS #CostSavings #DevOps #SRE