Azure cost optimisation across 15 service families

• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

  42 finders

  Node pools, autoscaling, requests and limits, spot and off-hours capacity.

  • Modernise
  • Rightsizing
  • Scaling
  • Off-hours schedules

  AKS cost optimisation

• Integration and messaging

  26 finders

  Logic Apps, API Management, Event Grid, Data Factory, Service Bus and Event Hubs.

  • Modernise
  • Remove unused
  • Rightsizing
  • Scaling

  Azure integration and messaging cost optimisation

• Data and analytics

  23 finders

  Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Synapse, AI Search, Redis, PostgreSQL and MySQL.

  • Commitments
  • Modernise
  • Remove unused
  • Rightsizing
  • Scaling
  • Off-hours schedules

  Azure data and analytics cost optimisation

• Networking

  19 finders

  Public IPs, gateways, firewalls, Front Door, ExpressRoute and load balancers.

  • Modernise
  • Remove unused
  • Rightsizing

  Azure networking cost optimisation

• Virtual machines and commitments

  18 finders

  Idle and oversized VMs, scale sets, schedules, reservations and savings plans.

  • Commitments
  • Remove unused
  • Rightsizing
  • Scaling
  • Off-hours schedules

  Azure VM cost optimisation

• Storage

  18 finders

  Storage accounts, blob tiers, file shares, managed disks and snapshots.

  • Modernise
  • Remove unused
  • Rightsizing
  • Off-hours schedules

  Azure Storage cost optimisation

• Azure Machine Learning

  18 finders

  Compute instances, clusters, and online and batch endpoints.

  • Modernise
  • Remove unused
  • Rightsizing
  • Scaling
  • Off-hours schedules

  Azure Machine Learning cost optimisation

• Azure OpenAI and AI services

  18 finders

  Model deployments, provisioned throughput, AI services and Foundry projects.

  • Modernise
  • Remove unused
  • Rightsizing
  • Scaling

  Azure OpenAI and AI services cost optimisation

• Azure SQL

  17 finders

  Databases, elastic pools, managed instances, serverless and backup retention.

  • Deallocate
  • Remove unused
  • Rightsizing
  • Off-hours schedules

  Azure SQL cost optimisation

• Governance

  17 finders

  Key Vault, backup vaults, tagging, Azure Hybrid Benefit, regions, and exposed or orphaned resources.

  • Commitments
  • Modernise
  • Remove unused
  • Rightsizing

  Azure governance cost optimisation

• Azure Cosmos DB

  16 finders

  Throughput, indexing, partitioning, consistency and regions.

  • Remove unused
  • Rightsizing
  • Off-hours schedules

  Cosmos DB cost optimisation

• App Service

  13 finders

  App Service plans, tiers, scaling and app consolidation.

  • Modernise
  • Remove unused
  • Rightsizing
  • Scaling
  • Off-hours schedules

  App Service cost optimisation

• Monitoring

  13 finders

  Log Analytics ingestion and retention, Application Insights sampling and verbosity.

  • Remove unused
  • Rightsizing

  Azure Monitor and Log Analytics cost optimisation

• Azure Functions

  10 finders

  Hosting plans, always-ready capacity and deployment slots.

  • Modernise
  • Remove unused
  • Scaling

  Azure Functions cost optimisation

• Azure Container Apps

  9 finders

  Replicas, workload profiles, revisions and jobs.

  • Modernise
  • Remove unused
  • Rightsizing
  • Scaling

  Azure Container Apps cost optimisation

Finder counts as of 15 October 2026. Coverage grows as new finders ship.

Types of fix

Every finder falls into one of these categories, so your team knows what kind of change a finding asks for before opening it.

Remove unused

Delete resources that no longer serve a workload but are still billed.

Deallocate

Release compute that is paid for while it sits stopped.

Off-hours schedules

Stop or scale down non-production resources outside working hours.

Rightsizing

Move to a smaller or cheaper size that still fits the measured load.

Modernise

Move to a newer generation, tier or hosting model that costs less for the same job.

Commitments

Cover steady usage with reservations or savings plans.

Scaling

Fix autoscale settings so capacity follows demand.