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An AWS Savings Plans Calculator helps users estimate potential cost savings when purchasing AWS Savings Plans instead of on-demand pricing. The tool is designed for AWS users looking to optimize their cloud spending.… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. An AWS Savings Plans Calculator launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

  1. 1AS

    We provide financial planning and analysis for enterprise infrastructure to help you understand, negotiate, and optimize your cloud spend.

    2020 · duckbillgroup.com · its alternatives →

  2. 2U2

    Hey HN: Kaveh here, the founder of https://www.usage.ai/ We launched on Hacker News for the first time early last year, and we've made a lot of progress since then. We've saved tens of millions of dollars for companies, and we are even more excited to announce the launch of a new product: insured reservations for RDS! We worked closely with AWS on this feature and are excited to finally make it generally available. We help companies drive down AWS EC2 & RDS spend. Why? Because the way it's done now is a pain. DevOps and Software Engineers end up spending time managing costs…

    2023 · its alternatives →

  3. 3IB

    Hi everyone, I've been working on a side project over quarantine called Usage.ai and I finally feel comfortable enough to launch it. We're a service that plugs directly into AWS, automatically finds savings, and applies those savings at the press of a confirmation button all without ever needing to go to an AWS console. I'd love to get HN's thoughts on it! Demo: https://www.loom.com/share/2a6f1c8e4c214914a1cdd88c6fdec4ac Link: https://www.usage.ai/

    2020 · its alternatives →

  4. 4IB

    Hey HN: I'm Kaveh, the founder of Usage (https://www.usage.ai/) We help companies drive down AWS costs. Why? Because the way it's done now is a pain. Stakeholders, especially engineers, are required to spend unnecessary time manually finding underutilized or overly expensive EC2s. We believe the optimization process should be done automatically through a series of sophisticated algorithms. At the moment, there are over 70,000 AWS EC2 prices - doing that manually just won't scale at most organizations. My background is in software engineering. Previous to founding Usage, I…

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Pump▲327

    Fastest way to save 60% on AWS for *FREE*

    2023 · pump.co · its alternatives →

  6. 6IM
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    Investment Calculator is a beautifully simple calculator to help you calculate the potential value of your retirement investments and visualize their growth. Based on your inputs, we also make suggestions on how to increase your investment savings.

    2018 · investmentcalculator.io · its alternatives →

  8. 8

    Save 75% on your AWS bill in 2 minutes

    2023 · antimetal.com · its alternatives →

  9. 9TP

    2017 · taxulator.com · its alternatives →

  10. 10

    Hey HN: Kaveh here, the founder of https://www.usage.ai/ We help companies drive down AWS EC2 spend. Why? Because the way it's done now is a pain. DevOps and Software Engineers end up spending time managing costs rather than focusing on business problems. Previous to founding Usage, I worked on high-performance computing research at JP Morgan Chase and as a software engineer at a number of smaller startups. Here's how it works: We are typically brought in by a DevOps manager to cut AWS EC2 costs. The app is entirely self-service and the savings are generated automatically,…

    2022 · usage.ai · its alternatives →

  11. 11

    Open-source cloud-environment inspector. Supporting AWS, GCP, Azure, and more! Your cloud resources will have nowhere to hide! - mlabouardy/komiser

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

  12. 12CS

    Hello HN! Daniele, Ilia, and Thomas here to share Cloudthread’s new Cost Savings Hub to help companies surface and eliminate cloud waste. We’re putting our money where our mouth is: for the next two weeks, find over $500 in monthly AWS savings with Cloudthread’s Savings Hub or we’ll give you a $100 Amazon Gift Card. More context: https://www.cloudthread.io/aws-save-or-get-paid Most cloud infrastructure managers know there’s waste in their cloud environment but it’s challenging and time consuming to 1) surface all the waste, 2) convert those opportunities into actualized…

    2023 · cloudthread.io · its alternatives →

  13. 13

    Save thousands on your AWS bill with actionable tips

    2023 · jhj.ltd · its alternatives →

  14. 14

    Invest first & spend what's left

    2024 · its alternatives →

  15. 15UC

    Hi HN community, [Direct Link: www.usage.ai] I’m Kaveh, founder and CEO of Usage, and am excited to show you Usage, an app that helps you slash your AWS EC2 bill by 50% in ~5min by trading reservations. As of today, Usage is in General Availability and any AWS user can use it. It works by creating a limited-access IAM role (ReadOnly + Ability to Manage Reservations) into your AWS account(s). The AWS console interface has made it hard for companies to optimize their AWS spend. After years of working for different companies that use AWS, I still find it difficult to understand how much money…

    2022 · its alternatives →

  16. 16

    This open-source project helps you save money in ways other than RIs or Savings Plans. It inspects AWS metrics and usage data to find underutilized and unused resources, then visually gives an option to delete, scale down, or optimize those resources. For each resource, it displays the relevant metrics so you can determine whether or not it's truly unused/underused/ It also includes opportunities to save money on different services by enabling native cost savings policies, like S3 retention policies. It runs totally on your computer as an open source project and doesn't send…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

  17. 17TC
  18. 18

    Cloud spend visibility tool Finally Get Clarity On Cloud Spend Without Hours Lost In Dashboards

    2018 · cloudforecast.io · its alternatives →

  19. 19

    A simple storage pricing calculator for AWS

    2020 · duckbillgroup.com · its alternatives →

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    I built Bill My Cloud because I wanted a faster way to estimate AWS costs during early planning, without navigating the confusing official calculator or recording on spreadsheets. This started as a simple calculator, but I’ve been expanding it based on real usage needs and AWS services. What it does - Estimate AWS costs with minimal inputs and sensible defaults - Instant PDF export of the estimate (useful for sharing or approvals) - Suggestions for cheaper configurations or cost-saving changes - Shareable config links so others can view the same setup - Optional cloud save for configurations…

    Dec 2025 · billmycloud.org · its alternatives →

  21. 21

    Save money for cloud resources up to 60%

    2018 · its alternatives →

  22. 22

    AI for Cloud management saving you up to 10% on AWS bills

    2017 · squaredsd.com · its alternatives →

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    nOps▲132

    Reduce your AWS costs by 50% on auto-pilot

    2022 · nops.io · its alternatives →

  24. 24C5

    Hi HN community! My name is Kane and I'm on the product team at www.usage.ai , a cloud cost optimization company. After honing our product on AWS, I'm excited to announce our availability for customers on GCP and Azure! At a high level, Usage insures committed use-discounts (CUDs) to reduce commitment risk and enable higher savings for companies on the cloud. With traditional CUDs, you commit to a certain level of usage over a specified period in exchange for discounted rates from the cloud provider. However, if your actual usage falls short of the committed amount, you may not fully realize…

    2024 · its alternatives →

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