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Rightsize Before You Commit: The Oversized Instance Problem

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Sep 30, 2026

Rightsize Before You Commit: The Oversized Instance Problem

A practical framework for finding oversized instances before they get locked in by a commitment

The CostFoundry Team
The CostFoundry Team
The Bill for Infrastructure You Already Deleted

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Sep 23, 2026

The Bill for Infrastructure You Already Deleted

A practical framework for finding idle and orphaned resources — the cost category that exists because deleting things is scarier than creating them

The CostFoundry Team
The CostFoundry Team
OpenCost vs. Paid Tooling: When the Free Option Is Actually Enough

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Sep 17, 2026

OpenCost vs. Paid Tooling: When the Free Option Is Actually Enough

A vendor-neutral look at what OpenCost really covers — and the three specific gaps that justify paying for something else

The CostFoundry Team
The CostFoundry Team
The Line Item Nobody Budgets For: Data Transfer

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Sep 9, 2026

The Line Item Nobody Budgets For: Data Transfer

Why egress charges blindside more teams than any other cost category — and where to actually look

The CostFoundry Team
The CostFoundry Team
The GPU Bill Nobody Can Actually Explain

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Sep 2, 2026

The GPU Bill Nobody Can Actually Explain

A practical framework for tracing GPU spend from hardware choice to cost-per-token — the chain most teams never actually follow

The CostFoundry Team
The CostFoundry Team
Non-Prod Scheduling: The 10-20% Most Teams Leave On

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Aug 25, 2026

Non-Prod Scheduling: The 10-20% Most Teams Leave On

A practical framework for scheduling dev/staging/QA environments — the 10-20% you're probably leaving on the table

The CostFoundry Team
The CostFoundry Team
The Storage Class Mismatch Nobody Notices Until the Bill Doubles

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Aug 24, 2026

The Storage Class Mismatch Nobody Notices Until the Bill Doubles

A practical framework for matching S3 storage classes to actual access patterns — before lifecycle policies do it for you, badly

The CostFoundry Team
The CostFoundry Team
Spot, Reserved, or Savings Plan? The Decision Framework Nobody Gives You

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Aug 16, 2026

Spot, Reserved, or Savings Plan? The Decision Framework Nobody Gives You

A practical framework for matching cloud commitment strategy to actual workload behavior

The CostFoundry Team
The CostFoundry Team

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