What is FinOps?
- FinOps is a financial management practice that enables cloud financial management and optimization through collaboration across finance, engineering, and operations teams.What is FinOps?: A comprehensive definition and introduction to FinOps.
The Rise of FinOps
- The Rise of FinOps: Exploring the rise of FinOps and its impact on financial management.
Recommended Books
- Cloud Financial Management Guide: A practical guide to managing finances in the cloud.
- FinOps: Managing Your Cloud Financials: A comprehensive book covering various aspects of FinOps and cloud financial management.
FinOps Training
- FinOps Foundation Training: Official training courses provided by FinOps.
- Cloud Financial Management course on Coursera: Learn the fundamentals of cloud financial management.
Cloud Service Providers
- AWS (https://github.com/donnemartin/awesome-aws).
- Azure
- Google Cloud
- Oracle Cloud
- FinOps Foundation - Its goal is to advance the discipline of FinOps and cloud financial management through best practices, education and standards. It is a member of The Linux Foundation.
Tools for FinOps
Open Source Tools:- AutoSpotting Community Edition - Converts ASGs to Spot with automated failover to on-demand and no configuration changes. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, ASG, Kubernetes, EKS, ECS, Spot
- Cloud Custodian - Stateless rules engine for cloud policy definition and enforcement. Tags: cost_visibility, automated_optimization, multi_cloud
- ec2instances.info - Information about AWS infrastructure, like EC2 and RDS instance types. Tags: cost_visibility, AWS, EC2, RDS
- EBS Optimizer Community Edition - Converts AWS EBS volumes to GP3 without configuration changes. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, EBS
- InfraCost - Displays cost of Terraform code changes. Tags: cost_visibility, Terraform
- Karpenter - Just-in-time capacity provisioner for Kubernetes. Tags: automated_optimization, Kubernetes, AWS, Spot, EKS
- OptScale - FinOps and cloud cost optimization with ML/AI developer tools. Tags: cost_visibility, multi_cloud, ML
- Savings Estimator - GUI for estimating Spot savings in ASGs. Tags: cost_visibility, AWS, Spot
Commercial Tools:
- AutoSpotting - Commercial version of AutoSpotting Community Edition with some enhancements. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, ASG, Kubernetes, EKS, ECS
- BlueArch - Automated tagging and cost optimization recommendations. Tags: cost_visibility, recommendations
- Cast.ai - Automated cost optimization for Kubernetes. Tags: automated_optimization, multi_cloud, Kubernetes, EKS, Spot
- Cloudability - Cloud cost management and visibility. Tags: cost_visibility, multi_cloud
- CloudCheckr - Cloud management platform for cost, security, and compliance. Tags: cost_visibility, multi_cloud
- CloudHealth - Cloud cost visibility and automated optimizations. Tags: cost_visibility, multi_cloud
- CloudPouch - A unique desktop application that works with any AWS account, uses AWS CLI proviles. Cloud cost visibility and optimizations. Tags: cost_visibility, automated_optimization, AWS, EBS
- CloudThread - Cloud cost tracking and waste identification, part of FinOut since April 2nd 2024 (announcement). Tags: cost_visibility, multi_cloud
- CloudZero - Cloud cost intelligence platform. Tags: cost_visibility, multi_cloud
- DigiUsher - Cloud cost visibility platform. Tags: cost_visibility, multi_cloud, Kubernetes, EKS, AWS, GCP, Azure
- Densify - Automated rightsizing for Kubernetes and Compute Instances. Tags: cost_visibility, automated_optimization, Kubernetes, EKS, EC2
- EBS Optimizer - Commercial version of EBS Optimizer Community Edition. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, EBS
- Finout - FinOps all-in-one solution. Tags: Virtual Tagging, costs optimization, comprehensive cost governance suite, AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, AI/ML
- Hystax - FinOps and MLOps platform. Tags: cost_visibility, recommendations, ML, multi_cloud
- InfraCost - Commercial version of Infracost. Tags: cost_visibility, Terraform, multi_cloud
- KubeCost - Rightsizing recommendations for Kubernetes. Tags: cost_visibility, multi_cloud, Kubernetes, EKS, rightsizing
- MemVerge - Optimizes cost and performance for data-intensive workloads. Tags: automated_optimization, Spot, rightsizing
- nOps - Comprehensive AWS FinOps platform. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, Spot, Kubernetes, EBS, RDS, RIs
- Pepperdata - Real-time, automated cost optimization for Amazon EMR and Amazon EKS. Tags: automated_optimization, EKS, EMR, Kubernetes, multi_cloud
- ProsperOps - Automates RI and savings plans purchasing. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, RIs
- Pump - Cost optimization through group buying, AI and automated RI purchasing. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, RIs, AI/ML
- ScaleOps - Automated rightsizing for Kubernetes pods. Tags: automated_optimization, multi_cloud, Kubernetes, rightsizing
- Spot.io - Visibility, infrastructure automation and optimization for Spot and RIs. Tags: automated_optimization, multi_cloud, Spot, Kubernetes, RIs
- Stacklet - Enterprise version of Cloud Custodian. Tags: cost_visibility, automated_optimization, multi_cloud
- Unusd - Detects unused cloud resources. Tags: cost_visibility, AWS
- Usage.ai - Automates RI purchasing. Tags: automated_optimization, RIs
- Vantage - Multi-cloud cost visibility with automated RI purchasing. Tags: cost_visibility, automated_optimization, RIs, multi_cloud
- Xosphere - Commercial version of AutoSpotting Community Edition with some enhancements. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, ASG, Kubernetes, EKS
- Zesty - Automates RI purchasing and EBS optimization. Tags: automated_optimization, AWS, RIs, EBS
Education
Articles
- Understanding Data Transfer in AWS - Make sense of the complex world of data transfer cost in AWS.
Blogs and Newsletters
- Corey Quinn / Last Week In AWS
- Cristian Magherusan-Stanciu / LeanerCloud
- Jean Latiere / OptimNow
- Bastien Martins Da Torre / Cloud FinOps
Podcasts
- Corey Quinn / Screaming in the Cloud - interviews people in the cloud space.
- Cristian Magherusan-Stanciu / LeanerCloud - technical deep-dives on cloud optimization topics.
- Jon Myer - FinOps insights, interviews with FinOps people and tooling vendors.
- Keys to AWS Optimization Podcast - Podcast from the AWS Twitch Channel with SME's on cost optimization.
- Keys to AWS Optimization Youtube - Videos from the AWS Twitch Channel with SME's on cost optimization.
Books
- Cloud FinOps - J.R. Storment, Mike Fuller - Seminal book by founders of the FinOps Foundation.
- Mastering AWS Cost Optimization - Eli Mansoor - Book focused on cost optimization techniques for AWS.
Online Courses
- edX - Introduction to FinOps - Self-paced, 1-2 hour introduction.
- Well Architected Cost Labs - The Cost Optimization section of the Well-Architected Labs.
Certifications
- FinOps Certified Practitioner - Two-day training course and certification by the FinOps Foundation.
KPIs
- finopsfoundation/kpis - List of common KPIs by the FinOps Foundation.
Informative Videos
- FinOps Explained: A brief overview of FinOps benefits.
- Cloud Financial Management: AWS Cost Explorer: Tutorial on using AWS Cost Explorer effectively.
FinOps Communities
- FinOps Foundation Community: A community for practitioners of FinOps.
- FinOps Slack Community: Join our Slack community to connect with other FinOps professionals.
FinOps Podcasts
- The FinOps Files: A podcast discussing FinOps and cloud financial management.
- FinOps Community Podcast: Insights from industry leaders in FinOps.
- Duckbill Group - Mostly focused on Enterprise customers, based in the US.
- TechNative - Mostly focused on Enterprise customers, based in the Netherlands.
- Cristian Magherusan-Stanciu / LeanerCloud - Cloud Optimization Consultant, building OSS and commercial tools, ex-AWS Specialist Solutions Architect for Spot and Graviton, based in Germany.
- Eli Mansoor / OskaQ Consulting - Consultant focused on helping companies define cloud strategy and negotiate EDP contracts, ex-AWS Specialist for Graviton, based in Israel.
- Bastien Martins Da Torre / Cloud FinOps - Pragmatic FinOps consultant, ex-ServiceNow, based in France.
- Erik Norman / Caligo - FinOps consultant, based in Italy.
- Jean Latiere / OptimNow - FinOps consultant focused on Green Computing, ex-AWS Specialist for Spot and Graviton, based in France.
- Shahar Raz - Tech strategy consultant focused on AWS cost optimization, based in Israel.
- Srinivas Devaki / OptiOwl - Technical Cloud Optimization Consultant, based in India.
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