Cloud Cost Tidy-Up Pilot
A focused review of selected Azure, AWS or Google Cloud spend so you can see what is driving cost, what may be safe to optimise, and what should happen next.
Find cloud waste before it becomes normal
Cloud bills can grow quietly through unused resources, oversized services, weak tagging, old test environments or unclear ownership.
This pilot gives you a practical, evidence-led starting point without turning the first step into a large FinOps programme or cloud redesign.
What the pilot helps answer
Selected billing, inventory and usage data are reviewed so the main cost drivers are easier to see.
Opportunities are ranked so obvious waste can be separated from changes that need more care.
You get practical priorities, owner notes and a clearer path for cleanup, guardrails or managed cloud care.
Common signs this is worth doing
but the business is not fully sure what changed.
so ownership, cost centres or environments are hard to validate.
but nobody wants to switch them off without evidence.
between IT, finance, projects, vendors or previous providers.
What we look for
The scope is agreed before work begins. The pilot usually focuses on one selected cloud environment, subscription set, account set or project set.
Resources that appear to be unused, forgotten or no longer clearly owned.
Services that may be larger, faster or more expensive than current usage requires.
Missing labels, unclear owners and weak cost allocation signals.
Areas where budget visibility, anomaly alerts or guardrails may be missing.
What you get
Clear cost and optimisation items grouped by confidence, impact and risk.
Owner notes, validation comments and suggested next steps for selected findings.
A concise summary of priorities, issues and recommended follow-on actions.
How the pilot works
Scope
We confirm the cloud platform, accounts, access method and outcome.
Review
We analyse agreed billing, inventory and usage information.
Prioritise
We separate likely quick wins from items that need business or technical validation.
Decide
You choose whether to tidy up, set guardrails, expand the review or move into managed cloud care.
What this is not
It is a focused first step, not a long-running governance programme.
Major re-architecture, migration or landing-zone redesign is scoped separately.
We do not recommend changes without considering ownership, dependencies and operational risk.
Quick questions
Which cloud platforms can be reviewed?
Azure, AWS or Google Cloud can be considered. The final pilot scope confirms which subscriptions, accounts, projects or billing views are included.
Do you need admin access?
Read-only billing, inventory and usage access is preferred. Guided screenshare, exports or screenshots may also be suitable depending on the scope.
Will you make changes during the pilot?
The default pilot is analysis-first. Any approved optimisation changes must be expressly agreed in scope before they are performed.
Are pilot prices published?
No. We confirm the estimate after scope, access requirements and deliverables are understood.
Want clearer cloud spend visibility?
Start with a short conversation. We will help confirm whether a Cloud Cost Tidy-Up Pilot is the right first step, or whether a broader review, project or managed cloud pathway makes more sense.
No hard sell. Just clarity and next steps.
Start with a free 30-minute IT conversation
hello@services.virtusgroup.biz
0800 847 887 (VIRTUS)
virtusgroup.co.nz