Your objective
Cloud spend keeps growing while nobody can say which part of it creates value, and the party that sells you Azure earns more when you use more.
DevOps Masterminds
Azure cost optimisation and FinOps from a partner that sells no cloud consumption, for organisations in the Netherlands and across the EU. We review your Azure environment read-only, take out what you do not need and change how the platform is bought, licensed and run, so the savings last.
What this service delivers
Cloud spend keeps growing while nobody can say which part of it creates value, and the party that sells you Azure earns more when you use more.
Together with your team we map consumption, sizing, licences and commitments, and turn the findings into changes in code and policy.
A lower monthly bill, with the immediate savings taken and structural changes in place. We often find around 30%.
We start with read-only access to your cost data and resource inventory, and report what can go straight away and what needs structural change.
Designed for lasting value
Lower cloud costs through an independent review, an immediate clean-up and structural changes to how Azure is bought, licensed and run.
We do not resell CSP subscriptions, licences or Azure consumption, so advice to shrink a reservation or switch off a licence is easy for us to give.
Every change comes with its expected effect, and cost reports show the result in terms a product owner can read.
Ownership, budgets and guardrails in the platform keep the bill from drifting back up.
A focused first engagement
We look at your cost data and resource inventory with read-only access, without changing anything and without touching your contracts.
Talk to a cost specialistWhat your team receives
A clear picture of what can go now, what needs structural change and what keeps the savings in place.
Independent by design
Most Azure is bought through a reseller whose margin grows with your consumption. We earn nothing on it.
Our work is building and running Azure platforms and data estates. Shrinking a reservation, switching off a licence or moving a workload to a cheaper service costs us nothing, so we can say it. Your CSP and existing contracts stay as they are.
No margin on your consumption
Masterminds FinOps principle
How we work with you
Immediate savings come back if nothing else changes, so the work ends with the platform, the licences and the habits set up to keep them away.
With read-only access we compare what you pay for with what is used: idle resources, oversized machines, test environments that never stop, logging and storage.
Unused resources go, sizes follow the metrics and non-production runs only when people work. These are changes of days or weeks, not projects.
Reservations and savings plans that match real usage, licences you already own through Azure Hybrid Benefit, and tags, budgets and Azure Policy so the next project does not rebuild the waste.
Talk to a specialist
Tell us roughly what you spend on Azure and what worries you about it. A cost specialist will help you decide where to look first.
A direct conversation about your Azure costs. Your contracts and your CSP stay as they are.