Azure Cost Optimization
Lower Azure costs — usually by around 30%1
We find and remove waste in your Azure environment without touching performance or reliability. Our fee is 15% of the savings we achieve: no savings, no fee.
1 Around 30% is what we usually achieved in our past Azure cost optimization projects; actual savings depend on your environment. See the example calculation.
- reduction of Azure costs we usually achieve1
- ~30%
- of achieved savings is our fee
- 15%
- of every euro saved stays with you
- 85%
Savings calculator
Calculate your Azure savings
We usually save around 30%.1 We charge you 15% of the savings that we actually realized.
Azure savings calculator
Enter your monthly Azure spend. We usually save around 30%1; our fee is 15% of the savings we achieve.
What we usually achieved in past projects1.
Your estimated net savings
76.500 €per year
6.375 € per month, after our fee
| Per month | Per year | |
|---|---|---|
| Current Azure spend | 25.000 € | 300.000 € |
| Estimated savings (30%) | 7.500 € | 90.000 € |
| CloudXT fee (15% of savings) | − 1.125 € | − 13.500 € |
| Your net savings | 6.375 € | 76.500 € |
Estimate for orientation only, not an offer. Actual savings depend on your environment and are determined in the assessment. Our fee is 15% of the savings that are actually achieved.
1 Around 30% is what we usually achieved in our past Azure cost optimization projects; actual savings depend on your environment. See the example calculation.
Where the ~30% comes from
Reservations alone get you to around 32%
Around 30% is what we usually achieved in our past Azure cost optimization projects. This example shows how correctly managed reservations alone get there — 58% savings on the reserved compute.
- Your total Azure costs100.0%
Everything on your Azure invoice
- Compute: 61% of the costs61.0%
Virtual machines and AKS node pools
- Covered by reservations: 90% of the compute workload54.9%
Steady workloads moved from pay-as-you-go to Azure Reservations
- Saved: 58% on the reserved compute31.8%
What correctly managed reservations save on the covered compute
The calculation
61% × 90% × 58% ≈ 32%
of your total Azure costs, from reservations alone — in line with the around 30% we usually achieve.
- Monthly Azure spend
- 100.000 €
- Compute
- 61.000 €
- Under reservations
- 54.900 €
- Saved per month
- 31.842 €
Illustrative example that considers reservations only. The compute share and how much of it can be reserved differ between environments; your own figures are determined in the free assessment. Azure Reservations require a commitment of one or three years.
What we optimize
Eight levers we pull in every Azure environment
Most Azure waste is not one big mistake but many small ones. We go through all of them.
Rightsizing
Virtual machines, App Service plans, Azure SQL and AKS node pools sized to real utilization instead of last year’s guess.
Reservations & savings plans
Azure Reservations and the Azure savings plan for compute for steady workloads — sized so the commitment still fits when usage shifts.
Azure Hybrid Benefit
Windows Server and SQL Server licenses you already own, applied to Azure where you are eligible.
Cleanup
Unattached managed disks, orphaned public IPs, idle gateways and load balancers, forgotten snapshots and test resources.
Scheduling & autoscaling
Dev and test environments that shut down at night and on weekends; autoscaling rules for production that follow real demand.
Storage tiering
Lifecycle policies that move rarely used data to the Cool, Cold and Archive tiers, plus right-sized disks and backup retention.
Architecture
Cheaper service tiers, PaaS or serverless where they beat VMs, and network designs that avoid unnecessary data transfer costs.
Governance
Tagging, budgets, cost alerts and showback in Azure Cost Management, so costs stay visible and owned after we are done.
Rightsizing
How rightsizing works
Rightsizing means paying only for the capacity your workloads actually use. We remove what sits idle — never what you need.
- 1
Measure
We analyze real utilization from Azure Monitor — CPU, memory, disk and network — over a representative period that includes your peaks.
- 2
Identify
We flag resources that consistently use only a fraction of their capacity: oversized VMs, App Service plans, Azure SQL databases, AKS node pools and disks.
- 3
Resize with headroom
We choose the smallest size or tier that still covers your peak load plus a safety buffer. Idle capacity goes; the capacity you need stays.
- 4
Change & verify
Changes that need a restart happen in agreed maintenance windows. Afterwards we monitor the resource — and roll back if anything does not look right.
Example
A virtual machine of size D8s v5 (8 vCPUs) averages 12% CPU and peaks at 35%, with memory usage well below half. Moving it to D4s v5 (4 vCPUs) roughly halves its compute price — and its peak still only reaches around 70% of the new capacity.
How it works
Three steps to a smaller Azure bill
- 1
Free assessment
We analyze your Azure cost and usage data and show you a prioritized list of savings opportunities with their estimated value.
- 2
Implementation
We implement the agreed measures together with your team. Every change is validated against your performance and reliability requirements.
- 3
Measure & keep
Savings are measured against your costs before optimization — our fee is 15% of them. We keep watching so waste does not creep back.
Pricing
Success-based: you pay from what you save
We charge 15% of the savings we achieve, so our incentive is the same as yours: the lowest Azure bill that still does the job.
Example
- Monthly Azure spend
- 25.000 €
- Savings at 30%
- 7.500 €
- CloudXT fee (15%)
- − 1.125 €
- Your net savings per month
- 6.375 €
- Your net savings per year
- 76.500 €
FAQ
Azure cost optimization — frequently asked questions
How much can we save on Azure?
In our past projects we usually saved our clients around 30% of their Azure costs. The actual figure depends on how your environment has grown — the free assessment shows you what is realistic before you commit to anything.
Where does the 30% figure come from?
It is what we usually achieved in past Azure cost optimization projects. Reservations alone show why it is realistic: if 61% of your Azure costs are compute and 90% of that workload runs on correctly managed reservations, which save 58% on the covered compute, that is 61% × 90% × 58% ≈ 32% of your total Azure costs.
How does the 15% fee work?
Our fee is 15% of the savings we achieve. If we save you 10.000 € per month, our fee is 1.500 € and you keep 8.500 €. No savings, no fee.
How are the savings measured?
Against your Azure costs before optimization, using your own Azure Cost Management data — the same numbers you see on your invoice. We agree on the details with you before we start.
Will cost optimization affect performance or reliability?
Of course not. A large part of the savings comes from managing reservations — a purely financial topic: you pay a lower price for exactly the same resources, so system stability is not affected at all. Rightsizing only reduces capacity that is not being used; resources your workloads need stay in place. And every change is validated against your performance and reliability requirements before it ships.
How fast will we see the savings?
Fast. With our help, you will realize the savings in less than a month — and you keep them for the future.
Why do I need CloudXT — can’t I just do it myself?
Yes, in theory. But keeping the savings at their maximum takes a lot of ongoing effort: usage changes, reservations need adjusting, and new resources keep appearing. We developed our own tool that makes this work much faster and smoother, so you save a lot of working time and can focus on your actual job. Paying us 15% of the savings is the smarter deal than spending your team’s time on tedious cost housekeeping.
What access do you need?
For the assessment, read access to your Azure cost and usage data is enough. For implementation, we agree on the required permissions with you.
Do you optimize AWS or Google Cloud as well?
No. CloudXT works exclusively with Microsoft Azure — that focus is what lets us go deep.
Find out what your Azure bill is hiding
The initial assessment is free and shows you where the savings are before you commit to anything.