FinOps on GCP

FinOps aligns your organization to achieve the full benefits of the cloud and maximize your return on investment.

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OVERVIEW

Getting the most out of your Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Whatever stage of the cloud journey you are at, FinOps will help you get the most value out of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). A common mistake is for organizations to start considering FinOps when their bill becomes significant. This usually eventually results in unexpected cost spikes leading to a “spend panic” moment. Regardless of your cloud adoption progress, the best approach to implementing FinOps is the same: start small, iterate through the lifecycle, and continuously improve.

Why FinOps on GCP?

Fine-tune your cloud spend

Ensure you operate your cloud infrastructure efficiently. We help you improve your cloud footprint and uncover operational insights.

Obtain maximum ROI

Make decisions from a business value perspective while maximizing the benefits of Google Cloud utilization.

Build a financial accountability culture

Go beyond just reducing your cloud infrastructure`s cost and get a full understanding of your cloud investments.

What We Do

BigQuery Cost Optimization

Embrace a BigQuery approach to writing SQL scripts to build a cost-efficient Google Cloud data warehouse.

FinOps service

Our team is here to help you successfully implement effective financial management in the cloud.

Our Approach to FinOps on GCP

Our approach gathers information about your organization’s cloud usage, so that our recommendations for optimization can be tailored to your needs. This information is then reusable for future cycles or projects.

Inform

Adastra implements a mechanism that allows all costs to be allocated to the right teams. This information will be visible through dashboards, so the teams can drill and slice their cost data in meaningful ways.

Optimize

We take the information surfaced in the Inform step and turn it into actionable steps. Those steps will drive your organization to optimize its cloud spend.

Operate

We embed FinOps best practices into your organization’s policies, so they become second nature. The aim is for FinOps to be the new normal. We turn the quick wins into a sustainable long-term cloud infrastructure optimization strategy.
Success Story

GCP Cost Optimization for Retail

“Adastra helped us optimize our cloud investments. They build a cost optimization services that drive cost insights beforehand and enable us to act accordingly. I am truly impressed by the mindset of their team members. They do not miss any chance to consult us on strategic platform enhancements which drives tremendous outcomes in the long run.”

Senior Technical Project Manager | Large Retail Company

3000x

reduced cost per query

300x

faster deployment

24/7

incident management

Featured Resources

Build a Cost-Aware Cloud Culture with FinOps

We will set up cost visibility for your teams and turn quick wins into a lasting Google Cloud optimization strategy.

FinOps on Google Cloud FAQ

What is FinOps on Google Cloud?

FinOps aligns your organization to get the full benefits of the cloud and maximize return on investment. It helps you operate your cloud infrastructure efficiently, improve your cloud footprint and uncover operational insights. You make decisions from a business value perspective and build a culture of financial accountability, not only cost reduction.

As early as possible. A common mistake is to consider FinOps only when the cloud bill becomes significant, which often leads to unexpected cost spikes and a spend panic moment. Whatever your stage of cloud adoption, the best approach is the same: start small, iterate through the lifecycle and continuously improve.

Our approach has three steps. In Inform, we allocate all costs to the right teams and make them visible in dashboards. In Optimize, we turn that information into actionable steps that reduce cloud spend. In Operate, we embed FinOps best practices into your policies, so they become the new normal for your teams.

We implement a mechanism that allocates all costs to the right teams and shows them in dashboards. Teams can drill into and slice their cost data in meaningful ways, so they understand what drives spending. The information we gather is also reusable for future optimization cycles and projects, which saves effort over time.

BigQuery cost optimization means writing SQL scripts and designing your data warehouse in a cost-efficient way. Our approach helps you build a Google Cloud data warehouse that delivers the analytics you need without unnecessary query and storage costs. It is part of our FinOps services for organizations that run analytics on Google Cloud.

For a large retail company, our cost optimization work delivered a 3000 times reduced cost per query and 300 times faster deployment, with 24/7 incident management. The client credits the team for proactively advising on strategic platform improvements, which drove strong long-term outcomes well beyond the initial cost savings on queries.