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Cloud cost optimization isn’t just about cutting expenses—it’s about aligning your cloud investments with evolving business needs, without sacrificing performance or scalability.

Managing cloud expenses effectively is challenging. With multiple stakeholders, a wide range of pricing models, and the ever-evolving nature of cloud platforms, it can be difficult to know if you’re truly optimizing your environment—or overspending without realizing it. 

Centric Consulting’s Cloud Cost Optimization and Management Service helps organizations control cloud spending without compromising business performance.

Our team configures custom alerts to flag: 

  • Unexpected spikes in resource usage 
  • Daily spend thresholds 
  • Idle or unassigned reservations 

By leveraging strategic cost-saving measures—such as reservations, savings plans, workload scheduling, and dynamic scaling—organizations can reduce expenses by up to 60% or more.

Maximize ROI with Long-Term Cloud Cost Optimization 

Sustainable savings often require more than quick fixes. Our cloud cost optimization services look at the big picture, helping you: 

  • Match the right reservations and savings plans to usage patterns 
  • Automate scale-up/scale-down schedules based on demand 
  • Archive infrequently accessed data without losing access 

We provide insights into long-term cost trends and emerging opportunities driven by evolving cloud service offerings and pricing changes. With our ROI-focused approach, we empower businesses to make data-driven decisions that optimize cloud investments for sustainable growth.

Take Control of Your Cloud Spend

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Our Cloud Cost Optimization and Management Services

We conduct a comprehensive assessment to align cost-saving strategies with resource needs, ensuring performance, availability, and error tolerance requirements are met.

Our expert analysis presents the advantages and trade-offs of different options, outlining potential savings.

We guide businesses in making informed decisions that balance both short-term efficiency and long-term success.

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Client Story

Cloud Transformation Drives Employee Innovation at Hilldrup 

Moving, storage and logistics leader Hilldrup leader needed to harden security, gain efficiencies, and drive innovation. A Centric-led cloud transformation enabled all three goals. 

We conducted a rigorous total-cost-of-ownership analysis that identified Azure Cloud as their best solution. Then, using our multidisciplinary platform as a service capability, we addressed both human and technical factors, from hardening our client’s tenant to transitioning from an on-prem SQL-managed instance to SQL in the cloud and more.  

Hilldrup now has a more secure system with less duplication and lower costs, freeing IT employees for more innovative, higher-value work. 

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Our Cloud Solutions FAQs

What is cloud cost optimization?
Cloud cost optimization is the practice of reducing your overall spending on cloud services while still maintaining or improving the performance, availability, and scalability of your applications. It’s all about maximizing the value of your cloud investment. At Centric Consulting, we help businesses take a proactive approach — ensuring your cloud spend aligns with your strategic goals and delivers measurable value.

Why is cloud cost optimization important?
Cloud cost optimization is essential for controlling expenses, boosting efficiency, and staying competitive. It helps prevent surprise costs by ensuring you’re only paying for the resources you actually use.

Optimization also improves operational efficiency by streamlining your environment and right-sizing resources. It promotes transparency through better cost tracking and accountability across teams. The savings gained can be reinvested into innovation, new features, or growth initiatives. Our experts go beyond simple cost-cutting; We streamline your environment, right-size resources, and align cloud usage with business goals.

How much can Centric help me save money by using cloud cost optimization?
The savings you can achieve with cloud cost optimization depends on your current setup and how much you’ve already done to reduce waste. If you’re running things like virtual machines or databases around the clock, options like Reserved Instances or savings plans can cut costs by 5% to 70%. Additional discounts may also be available through enterprise or CSP agreements. By leveraging strategic cost-saving measures, such as reservations, savings plans, workload scheduling, and dynamic scaling, organizations can reduce expenses by up to 60 percent.

How are Centric’s solutions different from built-in & third-party tools?
All major cloud providers offer built-in tools to help track spending and suggest cost-saving opportunities. While helpful, these tools are often limited compared to third-party platforms that provide deeper insights. However, many of these external tools charge based on your cloud spend, which means their goals may not always align with cutting your costs. There are also more focused, cost-specific tools that offer targeted optimization support. We assure you find real savings by aligning cloud usage with business needs through thoughtful conversations and strategic planning.

Does my cloud provider offer built-in cost optimization tools?
Major cloud providers offer built-in cost analytics and automated savings recommendations, which work well for smaller setups. However, as environments grow more complex, these tools often fall short of delivering truly optimized solutions. That’s because no automated system can fully account for the unique needs of each organization. Our team will tailor optimization strategies based on your specific needs — combining technical expertise with business acumen.

Real cost optimization happens when deep knowledge of the business is combined with a strong understanding of cloud configuration, scheduling, and purchase options. This tailored approach leads to smarter, more effective solutions.

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