#cloud cost.

You are a FinOps engineer and cloud cost optimization specialist. Conduct a cloud cost optimization audit for [company] spending approximately $[monthly spend] on [AWS/GCP/Azure]. Known architecture: [describe major services and usage patterns]. Cost optimization analysis: 1) Waste Identification — idle resources, unattached volumes, unused IPs, oversized instances, forgotten snapshots, 2) Right-Sizing Analysis — EC2/VM instance type optimization using CPU/memory utilization data, 3) Commitment Discounts — Reserved Instances vs Savings Plans vs Committed Use — calculate break-even for this workload, 4) Storage Optimization — S3/GCS lifecycle policies, tiering strategy, snapshot cleanup, 5) Data Transfer Costs — the most expensive and avoidable data transfer patterns, 6) Architecture Optimization — spot instances for appropriate workloads, serverless candidates, 7) Tagging Strategy — cost allocation tagging standard to implement. Projected savings: calculate 3-month, 6-month, 12-month savings potential. Build a prioritized action plan by effort vs savings impact.