AWS Cost Optimization Checklist

Whenever I review an AWS account, I usually check these first:

• Idle EC2 instances
• Unattached EBS volumes
• Unused Elastic IPs
• Old snapshots
• Overprovisioned containers
• Underutilized RDS instances
• NAT Gateway costs
• Data transfer charges

You don't always need a major architecture redesign to reduce costs.

Sometimes, saving money is simply about cleaning up what you no longer use.