How the checklist works

Each line is a common cloud cost leak. If it describes your setup, tick it. The checklist counts your leaks, groups them and lists the fixes to start with. It does not guess an amount: the cost of a leak depends on your provider, region and usage, so we do not pretend to know it from twelve ticks.

The checklist

Idle and oversized
Orphans
Logs, storage and traffic
Commitments and ownership

Tick everything that applies to you. Your summary appears here.

What to do next

Start with the first three fixes in your list, then run the checklist again next month. To put an amount on the waste, use our free 3C - Cloud Cost Calculator. For the background on each leak, read Six places your cloud bill leaks money and Cloud waste audit: a checklist you can run this week.

If you want it checked on your real accounts, book FinOps Consulting for Cloud Cost Optimisation and we will turn this list into a ranked plan.