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Savings Plans & Commitment Optimization

💡 Commitment Strategy Modeling | Commands: runbooks finops optimize-savings-plans, runbooks finops optimize

Overview

Optimize Reserved Instances and Savings Plans with ROI modeling and scenario comparison.

When to Use

Scenario Command Impact
Quarterly RI/SP Review runbooks finops optimize-savings-plans --all-profiles $5K-$10K quarterly savings potential
Commitment ROI Modeling runbooks finops optimize --all-profiles --scenario RI+SP Compare 1/3-year commitments
Cost Optimization Scenario runbooks finops scenario --type savings-plan Executive recommendation with $ impact

Usage Examples

Example 1: Savings Plans Recommendation (5 min)

runbooks finops optimize-savings-plans \
  --all-profiles \
  --format pdf \
  --output-dir ./reports

# Output:
# - Current blended cost baseline
# - 1-year Savings Plan potential (15-20% savings)
# - 3-year Savings Plan potential (25-30% savings)
# - RI blended model comparison
# - Recommended strategy by service

Example 2: What-If Scenario Analysis (3 min)

runbooks finops scenario \
  --type savings-plan \
  --all-profiles \
  --compare-1year-vs-3year

# Output: Side-by-side comparison:
# Baseline: $125K/month
# 1-Year SP: $106K/month (15% savings = $19K/mo)
# 3-Year SP: $88K/month (30% savings = $37K/mo)

Example 3: Service-Level Optimization (10 min)

runbooks finops optimize \
  --all-profiles \
  --breakdown-by-service \
  --format csv

# Output: CSV with:
# EC2-Other: Current $24.5K → SP $20.8K (15% savings)
# RDS: Current $16.4K → SP $13.1K (20% savings)
# Lambda: Current $8.2K → SP $7.7K (6% savings)
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  • dashboard - Current baseline cost

MCP Validation

ROI projections validated at ≥99.5% accuracy using AWS Pricing API and historical cost data.

Typical savings: 15-30% with Savings Plans, 10-25% with Reserved Instances.