Delete old AMIs and their snapshots. They pile up fast and you’re paying for storage you’ll never use.

Your NAT Gateway is probably costing more than you think. Consider NAT instances for low-traffic workloads.

Check your S3 storage classes. Most files sitting in Standard should probably be in IA or Glacier.

Before launching any instance, ask: does this actually need to run 24/7?.

Turn off your dev environments overnight. 12 hours of downtime = 50% cost reduction.

Tag your resources from day one. You can't optimise what you can't categorise.

Default log retention in CloudWatch is 'never expire'. Change it to 30 days unless you actually need longer.

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Stop paying for stopped instances' EBS volumes. Detach and snapshot them if you're not using the instance.

Set up billing alerts on your AWS account. You'll be surprised how many people don't even know when their bill spikes.

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12. AWS’s data transfer pricing reflects the underlying global infrastructure economics. Understand it, and you can architect systems that balance:. ✅ Performance.✅ Availability.✅ Cost. Saving £££ while building scalable systems. #aws #performance #cost #Infrastructure.

11. The Key Insight:. Data transfer costs are architectural costs. They impact:. • Service boundaries.• Deployment patterns.• Scalability. Ignoring them leads to expensive infrastructure that doesn’t align with business value. #Infrastructure #aws #cloud #businessvalue.

10. How to Monitor & Optimise:. ✅ Use AWS Cost Explorer.✅ Tag resources to identify transfer sources/destinations.✅ Review architecture to reduce cross-AZ transfers.✅ Use VPC Endpoints where possible.✅ Reassess if multi-region is worth the inter-region cost. #awstips #tags.

9. Direct Connect:. For enterprise volumes, Direct Connect can reduce transfer costs by 30-50% vs internet-based egress. But requires:. • Careful pattern analysis.• Location-specific pricing checks. #aws #directconnect.

8. CloudFront & CDN:. CloudFront doesn’t always reduce per-GB cost (starts - £0.085/GB), but:. ✅ Caches data closer to users.✅ Reduces origin data transfer.✅ Cuts long-distance transfer costs. Savings come from distribution efficiency, not cheaper GB pricing. #cloudfront #aws.

7. VPC Endpoints: Your Cost-Saving Friend. • Gateway Endpoints (S3, DynamoDB): free.• Interface Endpoints: - £7.30/mo + £0.01/GB. Compare to NAT Gateway: £37.96/mo + £0.052/GB. Once your app crosses 1TB/mo of transfer, VPC Endpoints = significant savings. #vpcendpoints #aws.

6. NAT Gateways: The Silent Budget Killer. • £0.045/GB for data processed.• £0.045/hour per NAT Gateway (£32.40/mo regardless of usage). NAT Gateways often end up costing more than your compute, especially in private subnets. #aws #natgateways #subnets.