Optimization Master List for Cloud Cost Optimization for Google Cloud

General


Price Optimizations (GCP console)


Usage Optimizations (to reduce waste) (GCP Console) 


Data 

Containers 

Applications

  • Realize CloudROI by leveraging  mfit + Migration Center-  assessment tooling to determine workload's fit for migration and inform the cost and technical blockers to modernization.  Use M2C to transform VM’s to containers saving on VM density with better resource utilization. 

APIs

VMs

Operations

  • For customers all-in on GCP leverage Cloud Operations suite services like Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, Managed Prometheus and Log Analytics to displace costly incumbents

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