Company
Date Published
Author
Glenn Gillen
Word count
701
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

AWS announced a price reduction for RDS SQL Server on M7i and R7i instances, prompting the need for continuous monitoring of cloud infrastructure costs, which can fluctuate due to evolving prices, new instance types, and storage tiers. Infracost addresses this challenge by tracking price changes and identifying opportunities to optimize existing infrastructure, allowing users to make informed decisions about upgrades and rightsizing. The Issue Explorer feature provides estimated annual savings for detected issues and allows users to filter by savings thresholds and group issues by tags to better manage and prioritize optimizations. Infracost Cloud facilitates organization-wide coordination for modernization efforts with features like Campaigns and AutoFix, which can automatically generate necessary code changes. The platform's data export capabilities enable integration with existing tools, enhancing the ability of engineers, executives, and managers to act on cost-saving insights.