# Reduce cloud costs and right-size capacity

Finds waste and optimization opportunities in your cloud spend.

- Topic: Software Development
- Framework: RCTFVV
- Level: Advanced
- Tags: Analyze, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/reduce-cloud-costs-and-right-size-capacity

## Prompt

```text
Role: Act as a platform engineer reviewing cloud cost and capacity.

Context: Cost breakdown by service / team / environment: [COST_DATA]. Utilisation data (CPU, memory, storage, network) for the main workloads: [UTILISATION]. Commitments in place (reserved / savings plans): [COMMITMENTS]. Growth expectations: [GROWTH]. Reliability / performance constraints that limit changes: [CONSTRAINTS].

Task: Produce: (1) where cost concentrates and the trend; (2) waste - idle/underused resources, oversized instances, orphaned storage, inefficient data transfer, non-prod running out of hours; (3) right-sizing and architecture opportunities with estimated saving and the risk/effort of each; (4) commitment coverage recommendations given the growth expectation; (5) a phased plan starting with zero-risk changes, with a rollback note per change.

Format: Sections: Cost concentration | Waste findings (table) | Right-sizing opportunities (table: Change | Est. saving | Risk | Effort) | Commitment coverage | Phased plan. ~500 words.

Verification: Base every saving estimate on the utilisation data provided and state the assumption; flag changes that could affect the reliability/performance constraints.

Validation: Pressure-test the top 3 changes against a peak-load day: would right-sizing there cause a problem? Keep headroom and revise the estimate.
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## What to fill in

- COST_DATA
- UTILISATION
- COMMITMENTS
- GROWTH
- CONSTRAINTS

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