Representative sample report. Names, figures and findings are illustrative.
Data Sources: Cloud Asset Inventory API (resource inventory), Cloud Billing API (30 day cost data), Cloud Recommender (right sizing recommendations), Cloud Monitoring (VM CPU metrics: 7 day average and P99).
Savings Estimates: Each finding applies a specific savings rate to the resource’s actual 30 day cost. Rates vary by action type: orphaned/idle resources at 100%, storage lifecycle tier optimisation at 50%, scheduling dev/test VMs at 60%, Preemptible/Spot pricing at 38%, Committed Use Discounts at 37% (one year). Cloud Recommender estimates are used directly where available, capped at the resource’s actual cost.
Deduplication: When multiple recommendations apply to the same resource, the executive summary counts each resource only once under its highest-impact action. The detail report preserves all findings. Stackable actions (e.g., Spot pricing and Instance Schedules) are shown separately as they can be combined.
Scope Limitations: This is a read only, point in time assessment. No changes were made to the environment. Dev/test classification is based on resource naming conventions and GCP resource labels. Actual savings depend on implementation feasibility and business constraints.
Currency: All amounts are in EUR as reported by the Cloud Billing API for the assessed billing account.
| Theme | Monthly | Annual | % of Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waste | EUR 185 | EUR 2,220 | 10.4% |
| Optimization | EUR 537 | EUR 6,444 | 30.1% |
| Data & Storage | EUR 306 | EUR 3,672 | 17.1% |
| Pricing (low conf.) | EUR 549 | EUR 6,588 | 30.7% |
| Behavioral (post-dedup) | EUR 209 | EUR 2,508 | 11.7% |
| Network & Governance | EUR 0 | EUR 0 | N/A |
| Total | EUR 1786 | EUR 21,432 | 100% |
| # | Action | Monthly | Annual | Risk | Effort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Right size Compute Engine instances via Cloud Recommender (5)
5 instances flagged with CPU <8% over 7+ days. Machine-type downgrades carry medium risk; validate with application teams before applying.
|
EUR 312 | EUR 3,744 | Expert | Medium |
| 2 |
Implement Cloud Storage lifecycle policies (42 buckets)
42 Standard-tier buckets lack lifecycle rules. Auto-tier objects to Nearline after 30 days, Coldline after 90. Safe to apply via gsutil lifecycle set (no data loss risk).
|
EUR 261 | EUR 3,132 | Review | Medium |
| 3 |
Delete unattached persistent disks (8 disks)
8 disks with no attached instance for 30+ days. Snapshot each disk before deletion as a recovery safeguard, then remove.
|
EUR 95 | EUR 1,140 | Review | Low |
| 4 |
Clean up stopped instances and their attached disks (45)
45 TERMINATED instances are billing for attached disks only. Review each for data retention, then delete the instance and its disks together.
|
EUR 85 | EUR 1,020 | Review | Low |
| 5 |
Release orphaned static IPs and idle VPN tunnels (6 resources)
4 reserved static IPs and 2 VPN tunnels with zero traffic for 30+ days. Safe to release after confirming no pending workload assignment.
|
EUR 72 | EUR 864 | Review | Low |
These items have low confidence savings estimates and require workload-specific analysis before acting.
These findings relate to operational hygiene, labelling compliance, and security best practices. They have no direct cost impact but improve visibility and control.