29%Estimated cloud waste
Flexera’s 2026 research puts estimated wasted cloud spend at 29%. A usage review helps establish what is avoidable in your own environment.
Cloud Cost Optimization
Turn cloud waste into room to grow.
Reduce avoidable spend. Reinvest in what comes next.
Find the services you no longer need, match capacity to real usage, and build a plan for measurable savings—with performance, security, and reliability in view.
Share your priorities. We’ll arrange a time to talk.
Why This Matters
Money tied up in unused capacity cannot support your next hire, product, or infrastructure improvement. Start by understanding the bill.
85%Cost management is a challenge
In Flexera’s 2026 survey, 85% cite managing cloud spend as a top challenge. Clear ownership and a spending baseline give teams a place to start.
Visibility firstUnderstand costs before changing them
The 2026 State of FinOps finds that teams expanding into SaaS, data centers, and other technology areas prioritize cost visibility and planning before optimization.
These surveys describe industry challenges; they do not predict your savings. Your opportunity depends on your environment and usage.
The Optimization Sprint
See → Cut → Lock → Run. A focused process for cloud cost optimization, with agreed scope and approvals at every stage.
Stage 01
SeeVisibility & Spend Mapping
Map billing, usage, and resource owners. Establish a baseline so every recommendation starts with what your business actually needs.
Stage 02
CutRightsizing & Waste Removal
Prioritize idle services and oversized resources. Review dependencies, approve scoped changes, and check performance and reliability as changes are made.
Stage 03
LockCommitment Strategy
Evaluate commitment discounts after rightsizing. Match terms to stable usage and business plans, and review recommendations before any purchase.
Stage 04
RunGovernance & Continuous Optimization
Compare results with the baseline, account for usage changes, and establish budgets, alerts, and a review routine. Ongoing support is separately scoped.
Savings depend on the environment, usage, constraints, and changes implemented. No savings amount or percentage is guaranteed. Reporting distinguishes recurring costs, one-time effects, recommendations, and realized results.
Illustrative ROI example · USD
What could $28,800 a year make possible?
Suppose a business spends $8,000 a month on cloud services and reduces that bill by 30%. That would free up $2,400 each month for other priorities.
- Current monthly spend
- $8,000
- Assumed reduction
- 30%
- Monthly savings
- $2,400
- Annual gross savings
- $28,800
$8,000/mo × 30% = $2,400/mo × 12 = $28,800/yr
The new bill would be $5,600/month. This hypothetical example assumes the reduction holds for 12 months with comparable usage and rates. It is not a client result or a savings promise. Gross savings exclude consulting fees, implementation costs, and ongoing support; subtract those costs to assess net return.
Review the investment alongside potential savingsA clear view of the whole cloud.
Costs connect across the services that deliver your product, run your applications, and store your data. We review those connections before recommending changes.
Performance, security, and reliability stay part of the decision. Budgets and accountable owners help your team keep reviewing costs as the environment grows.
Traffic & delivery
Review caching, bandwidth, and request costs.
Applications & data
Match compute, databases, and storage to usage.
Controls & visibility
Set budgets, alerts, and accountable owners.
Deliverables you can act on.
A clear baseline, prioritized decisions, and a practical plan for your team. The proposal confirms scope; monthly governance is available through a separately scoped retainer.
Cloud Cost Audit Report
Review the agreed accounts, billing period, and resource usage to establish what spending supports today.
Waste Reduction Plan
Identify idle or oversized resources and clarify who owns the services that drive cost.
Rightsizing Recommendations
Explain optimization options, dependencies, operational tradeoffs, and the steps needed to act on them.
Commitment Strategy
Evaluate discounts against rightsized usage, expected demand, and the risks of long-term commitments.
90-Day Optimization Roadmap
Prioritize the next three months of changes, with owners, dependencies, and a plan to measure results.
Monthly Governance Dashboard (retainer)
Review spending, budgets, and optimization progress through separately scoped recurring support.
Native-Owned and Operated in Montana
Practical advice. A direct working relationship.
I’m Charles Werk, a Montana-based cloud and security consultant. I work directly with growing businesses and community organizations to make infrastructure easier to understand, maintain, and budget for.
Expect clear explanations, a security-first mindset, and recommendations shaped around your team’s capacity. You review the tradeoffs and approve changes before they happen.
Meet your consultantA few things you might be wondering.
Bring a high-level summary of providers, recent spending trends, and services your business depends on. Detailed billing access is arranged through the agreed onboarding process.
Do you guarantee a certain amount of savings?
No. An assessment may identify worthwhile changes, but outcomes depend on your environment and operational constraints. Any estimated or measured savings will include the assumptions and timeframe.
Will you remove resources without checking with us?
No. Recommendations are reviewed with the appropriate owner. Changes follow the agreed scope and approval process, with dependencies and validation considered first.
Can our team implement the recommendations?
Yes, if that is the agreed approach. The engagement can define a recommendation handoff, scoped implementation support, or a combination of both.
Put your cloud budget to better use.
Share your cloud environment, spending concerns, and goals through the inquiry form. We’ll arrange a time to talk about fit and the next step.
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