cloud efficiency
Engineering Capacity
Engineers know waste exists but can't justify prioritizing it over more strategic initiatives, until it's a critical issue for the business.
Finance Blind Spots
Finance sees the bill but not the why. Without attribution or ROI context, margins erode and accountability breaks down.
Broken Solutions
Dashboards show data but don't deliver savings. Consultants do one-off audits that fade as your environment changes.
01 | Gather Context
We connect securely to your AWS accounts to analyze billing, usage, and infrastructure data. SmartSpend also integrates with your IaC and source control to understand your architecture and deployment patterns. Our team speaks with yours to align on goals, ownership, and priorities — creating a complete picture of how your cloud operates.
02 | Attribute Costs
Using your existing tags — plus SmartSpend's AI-assisted virtual tagging — we allocate 100% of your spend across dimensions like environment, project, owner, and product line. This attribution gives everyone a shared understanding of where money is going and who owns it, even in untagged or complex setups.
03 | Provide Visibility
Your SmartSpend dashboard brings everything together — real-time spend, asset inventory, and efficiency metrics, segmented by your custom dimensions. Executives get clarity on total cloud ROI, while engineers can drilldown into services, clusters, and more.
04 | Identify Waste
Our AI Savings Engine continuously scans for optimization opportunities, while SmartSpend Engineers validate and contextualize them. Each recommendation comes with expected impact, technical rationale, and any trade-offs — prioritized collaboratively with your team.
05 | Implement Savings
With your approval, SmartSpend Engineers implement cost-saving measures safely through pull requests or directly within your AWS environment. Every change includes rollback protection and full auditability. Once live, savings are verified directly in your billing data — reflected instantly in your dashboard.
06 | Continuously Optimize
Your dashboard provides ongoing visibility, letting you create new analyses and tagging dimensions as your cloud usage evolves. Our engineers remain on standby to implement new savings opportunities identified by our AI agents, keeping your cloud optimized without additional effort from your team.
| SmartSpend | Cost Observability SaaS | FinOps Consultants | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engagement Model | AI service-as-software. Our AI agents analyze data and surface savings. Our experts guide, implement, and verify. The dashboard provides real-time visibility. | Self-service software your team must configure, interpret, and act on. | Manual consulting projects limited by human capacity and context. |
| Outcome | Verified savings, not reports. Each optimization is implemented safely and proven directly in your billing data. | Insights and alerts only; realization depends on your engineers. | Recommendations delivered via slides; hard to measure or sustain results. |
| Speed & Time-to-Value | Immediate visibility, weeks to verified ROI. Automated onboarding, intelligent tagging, and rapid expert execution. | Quick setup but slow impact — manual tagging and internal follow-through required. | Long scoping and onboarding; months before measurable impact. |
| Human Expertise & Advisory | Built-in partnership. SmartSpend Engineers onboard your environment, guide prioritization, and handle safe implementation. | None. You own analysis, prioritization, and change management. | Varies by consultant; quality and continuity depend on assigned team. |
| AI & Automation | Embedded agents continuously improve tagging accuracy, detect inefficiencies, and propose new savings opportunities. | Static dashboards and rule-based alerts; no active optimization. | Manual discovery; limited automation or scalability. |
| Pricing Alignment | Simple and aligned. Flat monthly subscription with a 2x savings guarantee, or we refund you the difference. | Fixed SaaS fee regardless of realized outcomes. | Hourly or project billing; incentives tied to time, not results. |
The fastest path to cloud efficiency
We help modern teams scale without waste. SmartSpend pairs AI agents that detect inefficiencies with FinOps experts who implement verified savings — all visible in a live, auditable dashboard. Your cloud runs leaner, governance stays enforced, and savings compound over time.
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