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At OptimNow, we publish in-depth guides designed to help organizations navigate complex cloud commercial models with clarity and discipline. Our guides reflect real-world FinOps practices and the latest hyperscaler policies, with a focus on sustainable savings, risk management, and enterprise-scale governance.
Below are our two flagship whitepapers, regularly updated to reflect the evolving cloud economics landscape.
Guide
AWS Enterprise Discount Programs (EDP): A Practical Guide
Enterprise Discount Programs (EDPs) play a critical role in large-scale cloud economics, yet they are often poorly understood outside of procurement teams. This guide provides a structured and practical view of how EDPs work across major cloud providers, how discounts are calculated, and how commitments interact with usage, growth, and contract terms.
Updated for 2026, the guide reflects current negotiation practices, provider-specific mechanics, and the increasing importance of aligning EDP strategy with FinOps governance, forecasting accuracy, and business priorities.
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Handbook
Navigating Amazon RDS: Strategies and Practical Tips for Optimization
Navigating the Amazon RDS pricing maze? Our handbook is your compass. Dive into:
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Seamless Setup vs. Complex Pricing: Discover the hidden intricacies that could be inflating your costs.
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RDS Cost Structures Unveiled: From instance sizing to resource management, we break it down.
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On-Demand vs. Reserved: Make informed choices for optimal savings.
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Strategies for Smart Selection: The right RDS instance can make a difference. Learn how.
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Boost Efficiency, Curtail Expenses: Equip your engineering team with strategies to maximize database efficiency while minimizing costs.
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Unlock the secrets to RDS cost management. Get the clarity you need, the strategies you seek, and the savings you deserve.
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Commitment-Based Purchases: Reservations & Savings Plans
Handbook
Commitment-based purchasing remains one of the most powerful -but also most risky- levers in cloud cost optimization. This guide explores how reservations, savings plans, and equivalent commitment models work across AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle, and Alibaba AliCloud.
Fully updated as of January 2026, the guide reflects major shifts since 2023: the dominance of spend-based commitments, reduced reversibility, tighter provider policies, and the expansion of commitments to databases and AI services.
Rather than focusing solely on maximizing discounts, the guide emphasizes baseline-driven commitments, partial coverage strategies, and risk-aware decision making.
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Both guides are designed for FinOps practitioners, cloud leaders, and finance teams operating at scale. They are not vendor marketing material, but practical references grounded in real-world constraints and current provider behavior.
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