Commitment Management & Savings Optimization

StreamForge Media • $1.4M/mo compute spend

Net Effective Savings Rate
26.4%
+1.8% vs last month
Commitment Utilization
79%
-3% vs target 85%
On-Demand Coverage Gap
$124K
/month premium cost
Spot/Preemptible Mix
18%
Target: 40%
Wasted Commitment
$31K
/month unused capacity

Commitment Utilization Trend (12 Months)

Commitment Expiry Timeline (Next 12 Months)

On-Demand Coverage Gap Waterfall

Commitment Inventory by Type & Utilization

Type Service Term Qty Monthly Cost Utilization Waste Expiry
Reserved Instance EC2 Compute 3yr All Upfront 184 $58,200 52% $27,936 2025-11-14
Savings Plan Compute 1yr No Upfront — $42,500 91% $3,825 2025-08-22
Reserved Instance RDS MySQL 1yr Partial Upfront 22 $14,300 88% $1,716 2026-01-09
CUD GCP Compute 3yr — $8,900 94% $534 2026-10-30
Savings Plan Lambda 1yr No Upfront — $6,200 76% $1,488 2025-09-15
Reserved Instance ElastiCache Redis 1yr All Upfront 14 $4,800 85% $720 2025-12-20
Savings Plan Fargate 1yr Partial Upfront — $3,100 82% $558 2025-07-03
TOTAL $138,000 79% $36,777

Spot vs On-Demand Cost (6 Months)

Commitment Modifications & Exchanges

3yr EC2 RI → 1yr Compute SP
2025-01-18 • m5.2xlarge → flexible compute
Reduced monthly cost by $4,200
Modified RDS RI instance class
2025-01-10 • db.r5.xlarge → db.r6g.xlarge
Improved utilization from 72% to 88%
Sold 18 unused EC2 RI on marketplace
2024-12-22 • c5.4xlarge instances
Recovered $18,400 of prepaid capacity
Converted Lambda on-demand → Savings Plan
2024-12-05 • 1yr compute SP at $520/hr
Projected annual savings: $74,880

Savings Realization vs Target

75%
of target
$369K realized / $492K target (MTD)

Finance Forecast Delta

Forecasted Savings $492K
Realized Savings $369K
Delta -$123K
Underperformance due to 3yr RI block at 52% utilization.

Top Recommendations

Increase Spot Mix to 40%
Transcoding fleet eligible
Est. savings: $86K/mo
Exchange 3yr RI for SP
Convert 92 underutilized instances
Reduce waste by $22K/mo
Renew expiring SP early
$42.5K plan expires Aug 22
Lock in current pricing

Underutilized Commitments (Action Required)

EC2 3yr RI Block (m5.2xlarge, us-east-1)
184 instances • 52% utilization • Expires Nov 2025
$27.9K
waste/month
Lambda Compute SP (1yr, No Upfront)
$6,200/mo commitment • 76% utilization • Expires Sep 2025
$1.5K
waste/month
RDS MySQL RI (db.r5.xlarge, us-west-2)
22 instances • 88% utilization • Expires Jan 2026
$1.7K
waste/month

Exchange Candidates

92 m5.2xlarge instances
3yr RI → 1yr Compute SP
78% match score
Benefit: +26% flexibility, -$22K/mo waste
18 c5.4xlarge instances
1yr RI → Marketplace sale
65% match score
Benefit: Recover $18.4K prepaid
Lambda workload
On-demand → 1yr Compute SP
92% match score
Benefit: $6.2K/mo savings
Pricing API: AWS Cost Explorer v2.1 • Azure Advisor API v3.0 • GCP Recommender v1
Last Optimizer Run: 2025-01-20 06:42 UTC • Next Renewal Review: 2025-02-03