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← All postsMost EKS clusters run entirely on On-Demand instances and overpay by 60% or more. Here's the exact setup - Karpenter node pools, spot interruption handling, and workload placement - that we use to reduce bills without touching application code.
Cloud cost overruns are not a finance problem - they are an engineering problem. Here's how engineering teams take ownership of cloud spend: the metrics to track, the tooling to use, and the decisions that cut 30–50% of the bill.
Most cloud overspend comes from five fixable misconfigurations. You do not need to refactor anything - you need to look in the right places.