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Cost visibility
and allocation
What it is:
Being able to showback/chargeback.
Why you need it:
You can’t do FinOps with tagging only.
Buy optimisation
What it is:
Reducing unit costs of cloud provider purchases.
Why you can do it:
You can allocate costs accurately.
Budgeting
and forecasting
What it is:
Accurately predicting cloud spend.
Why you can do it:
You have granular allocation and predictable provider costs.
Use optimisation
What it is:
Effective use engineering and cost optimisation.
Why you can do it:
Having the other pyramid layers means you can find savings opportunities and drive action.
