Cloud Cost Optimization Guides
In-depth, practical guides for reducing cloud costs. Written by engineers for engineers.
Cloptima CLI Getting Started
Install via Homebrew or Docker, authenticate with PAT, and run your first cloud cost queries in minutes.
Read guideCloptima CLI for CI/CD
Use CLOPTIMA_ACCESS_TOKEN, JSON output, and pipeline checks to enforce cost guardrails before deployments.
Read guideCloptima CLI MCP Setup
Connect Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Cline to Cloptima through local MCP stdio with cloptima mcp serve.
Read guideKubernetes Cost Optimization
Complete guide to reducing K8s costs: namespace allocation, rightsizing, spot instances, autoscaling, and monitoring strategies.
Read guideAWS Cost Optimization
Master AWS cost management: reserved instances, savings plans, S3 tiering, EC2 rightsizing, and automated waste detection.
Read guideBigQuery Cost Optimization
How AI can auto-optimize your BigQuery queries. Common expensive patterns, partitioning strategies, and query refactoring techniques.
Read guideAI-Native FinOps
Why traditional FinOps tools are falling behind. How MCP servers, AI agents, PR cost impact, and query optimization are reshaping cloud cost management.
Read guideCloud Cost Management
Build a cloud cost management practice from scratch: tagging strategy, showback, chargeback, budgeting, and the FinOps framework.
Read guideFinOps Best Practices
Proven FinOps practices: team structure, KPIs, unit economics, maturity model, and building a culture of cost optimization.
Read guideSnowflake Cost Optimization
Reduce Snowflake costs with warehouse sizing, query optimization, auto-suspend settings, and resource monitor strategies.
Read guideMulti-Cloud Cost Management
Managing costs across AWS, GCP, and Azure: unified billing, cross-cloud comparison, migration cost analysis, and governance.
Read guidePut These Guides Into Practice
Cloptima automates the cost optimization strategies in these guides.