IT on-premises cost vs. Cloud cost - The primary difference between On-premises IT Cost and cloud cost is the need to pre-order the infrastructure. In our On-prem environment, we used to buy ahead IT infrastructure and licenses to support future growth. In our new Cloud environment, this approach is obsolete. One can control IT cloud footprint on the fly. The second major difference is who controls those purchases, in IT on-prem environment purchase was executed by the IT infrastructure team; however, in the cloud environment, the ownership was moved to the developers. This move provides enhanced flexibility but introduces a new risk of losing control of IT spending.

IT on-premises cost vs. Cloud cost - Matching the cloud cost to the customer’s specific needs is what we do best. We analyze cloud requirements and needs and offer the best-optimized licensing programs that will reduce customers’ overall cloud costs and spending. We achieve this by identifying mismanaged resources, eliminating waste, reserving capacity for higher discounts, and right-sizing computing services to scale. Our philosophy is that a proper FinOps model is an ongoing effort that is positioned above three major building blocks: Architecture, Reporting, and OPS