Cost Optimizer Agent

The Cost Optimizer Agent analyzes your cloud spending and recommends optimizations to reduce costs without sacrificing performance.

What It Does

• Analyzes cloud spend - Breaks down costs by service
• Identifies waste - Finds unused or orphaned resources
• Right-sizes instances - Recommends optimal sizing
• Schedules resources - Suggests scheduling for dev/test
• Reservation planning - Calculates savings from commitments

Supported Platforms

| Cloud | Cost Analysis | Recommendations | |-------|---------------|-----------------| | AWS | Full | Full | | GCP | Full | Full | | Azure | Full | Full | | Multi-cloud | Full | Full |

Configuration

agents:
  - name: cost-optimizer
    template: cost-optimizer
    triggers:
      schedule:
        - cron: "0 9 * * 1"  # Weekly on Monday
    config:
      # Cloud providers to analyze
      providers:
        - aws
        - gcp

      # Cost allocation tags
      cost_tags:
        - environment
        - team
        - project

      # Minimum monthly savings to report
      savings_threshold: 50

      # Analysis scope
      scope:
        include_accounts:
          - "123456789012"
        exclude_services:
          - AWSSupport

Cost Report Example

## Monthly Cost Optimization Report

### Summary
- **Current Monthly Spend:** $45,230
- **Potential Savings:** $8,450 (18.7%)

### Top Recommendations

| Category | Resource | Current | Recommended | Savings |
|----------|----------|---------|-------------|---------|
| Right-size | i3.2xlarge (db-prod) | $1,248/mo | i3.xlarge | $624/mo |
| Unused | EBS vol-0abc123 | $230/mo | Delete | $230/mo |
| Reserved | EC2 On-Demand | $5,400/mo | 1yr RI | $2,160/mo |
| Schedule | Dev instances | $2,100/mo | Stop nights/weekends | $1,400/mo |

### Orphaned Resources
- 12 unattached EBS volumes ($345/mo)
- 8 unused Elastic IPs ($29/mo)
- 3 stale snapshots >1yr ($156/mo)