FinOps Blog Posts

AWS Snapshot Cost: 2026 Pricing + 7 Ways to Cut It
AWS Snapshot Cost: 2026 Pricing + 7 Ways to Cut It

By Evgeny Anikiev | July 12, 2026

AWS Snapshot Cost: How Pricing Works and How to Cut It in 2026 Key takeaways Amazon EBS snapshots cost $0.05 per GB-month (Standard tier) — but you're billed only for …

AWS NAT Gateway Cost: 2026 Pricing + 8 Ways to Cut It
AWS NAT Gateway Cost: 2026 Pricing + 8 Ways to Cut It

By Evgeny Anikiev | July 12, 2026

AWS NAT Gateway Cost: The Complete 2026 Guide to Pricing and Cutting Your Bill TL;DR - In US East (N. Virginia), an AWS NAT Gateway costs $0.045/hour (~$32.85/month) plus $0.045 …

Coordinated crypto mining hits EC2 and ECS via compromised IAM
Coordinated crypto mining hits EC2 and ECS via compromised IAM

By Evgeny Anikiev | December 27, 2025

Crypto Miners Hit AWS EC2 & ECS HardAWS GuardDuty just exposed a live, coordinated cryptomining campaign running since November 2. Here's what went down:The Attack Chain:Threat actors used compromised IAM …

What is FinOps, Why It's Needed in 2025, and How It Works
What is FinOps, Why It's Needed in 2025, and How It Works

By Evgeny Anikiev | August 15, 2025

FinOps (short for "Financial Operations" or cloud financial management) is an operational framework and cultural practice that helps organisations maximise the value of their cloud spending while enabling timely, data-driven …