Cloud Cost Control

FinOps insights for your cloud journey

For Enterprise

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The current IT environment

Overprovisioned resources, idle Approximately 30% of cloud

instances, and orphaned volumes spending is wasted, costing
add to unnecessary costs, often organizations billions each year
due to lack of visibility and active due to unused or underutilized
management. resources.

Inefficient pricing plans that don’t Limited governance, lack of

match actual usage patterns lead visibility, and inefficient
to overspending, as organizations optimization prevent
aren’t optimizing their plan organizations from fully benefiting
selections. from their cloud investments.

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Our approach to FinOps

We support and promote FinOps with a continuous, three-phase approach

that drives maturity and growth within the cloud operating model, aligned
with the FinOps.org framework phases.

Inform Optimize Operate

Enhance transparency with Align cloud infrastructure with Foster a collaborative culture where
increased visibility and showback, business needs through right- finance moves at the speed of IT.
using Cloud Cost Control reports as sizing. Leverage tailored Drive continuous innovation and
the foundation for informed recommendations to unlock efficiency with well-defined
decision-making. savings without compromising governance and control over cloud
business value. usage.

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Managed Service Phases

FinOps Maturity Cost Insight Optimization & Cost Continous Cost FinOps
Assessment Model Realization Optimization implementation

Conduct a FinOps Cloud Cost Control One-time in-depth Continuous optimization Following the FinOps
maturity assessment to provides daily insights analysis of the three of cloud environments to Framework, Crayon
map the customer's for cost control, hyperscalers and M365 reduce waste, with helps organizations
current and target allocation, budgeting, to identify cost-saving regular assessments implement FinOps,
maturity, set priorities, tagging, and usage, opportunities, including and API-based data increase maturity, and
establish KPIs, and laying the groundwork on-prem baseline collection to adapt to track KPIs to measure
document the for management and evaluation for optimal vendor and environment success and ensure
foundation for future progress tracking. cloud licensing. changes. progress.
phases.

1 month 1-3 months 1-6 months

Phase 1: Establishment Phase 2: Management

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 OUR SOLUTION

Cloud Cost Control

Cloud Cost Control is Crayon's powerful FinOps
solution designed to drive financial visibility and
accountability in cloud spend across Azure, AWS, and
GCP.

Through a scalable data solution combined with

insightful and easy to use dashboards, customers can
gain a centralized solution to monitor compliance, cost
and CO2 saving opportunities, and key saving metrics.

Detailed Cost Insights

Right-Sizing & Unused Resources

Reserved Instances & Savings Plans

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Key benefits

Comprehensive Cost Visibility: Tailored Cost Optimization:

Receive actionable recommendations for Reserved Instances,
Gain a clear, real-time view of cloud expenditures across multiple
Savings Plans, and right-sizing to reduce cloud costs without
platforms, enabling informed financial decisions.
compromising performance.

Enhanced Resource Utilization: Centralized Management:

Manage cloud spending from a single, unified dashboard, providing
Identify underutilized or idle resources and optimize their allocation,
detailed insights across Azure, AWS, GCP, and Microsoft 365
improving overall efficiency and minimizing waste.
environments..

Improved Governance and Compliance: Predictable Budgeting:

Establish robust governance frameworks to maintain control over Forecast future cloud expenses more accurately by tracking cost
cloud usage and ensure compliance with financial policies.. trends and aligning cloud spend with organizational budgets.

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Azure Cost Control

The Azure Cost Control module within our solution delivers

powerful cost insights to help organizations optimize their Azure
spend.
Through this advanced FinOps solution, Crayon offers you detailed
visibility into costs and actionable recommendations that drive
smarter financial decisions.

Savings Potential Overview: Unused Resources:

Highlights cost-saving opportunities, with recommendations for Reserved Detect idle resources, such as orphaned volumes and idle instances, that
Instances, Savings Plans, and Right Sizing. can be eliminated to reduce unnecessary costs.

Reserved Instances: Cost Overview:

Provides recommendations to align RI purchases with usage, maximizing Gain a breakdown of costs by service, resource, and region, supporting
savings. transparency and collaboration across departments.

Cost Guardian:
Savings Plans:
Use AI-driven insights to detect cost anomalies and gainreal-time visibility
Identifies cost-effective Savings Plans tailored to usage patterns.
into spending issues and proactive cost management.

AHUB:
Right Sizing:
Gain visibility into Azure Hybrid Use Benefit (AHUB) opportunities, helping
Ensures optimal VM sizing to reduce waste and improve performance.
you maximize license savings and compliance.

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Why Crayon?
Here is what makes us qualified to help ~1500 recurring service customers with high penetration in Ent &
you… SMB segment, across industries, with 96% retention rate

~750 consultants Worldwide who are experts in their field, and

dedicated CoE for AI/ML, SAM, FinOps, Snow, Security and more

As a company 21 years of expertise in software and cloud advisory

with a global footprint covering all SW vendors

Proven track record and customer centric approach – we are fully

integrated with the customer

~1000 certifications on a wide range of technology solutions,

security and service certifications incl. ISO 9001, 27001, 27701,
IAITAM

Professionally dedicated teams covering SAM, Security, FinOps,

Cloud infrastructure, Modern Workplace, AI and Digital Strategy
Global market coverage across 46 countries

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Why Crayon?
…and the capabilities and skillset that Our SAM Services are fully aligned with ISO
make us stand out. and industry standards.

Vendors qualifications:
Crayon is certified for:
ISO 27001/ ISO 27701/
ISO 9001

Internal audits for: ISO

19770

Audits by external
parties on: ISO 27001/
Best practices alignment: ISO 27701/ ISO 9001

Our FinOps services are

aligned with the FinOps
Foundation principles.

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 2024 GARTNER MAGIC QUADRANT FOR SAM MANAGED SERVICES*

Gartner Magic Quadrant 2024

The Gartner Magic Quadrant provides a comprehensive overview

and comparative positioning of all vendors in the SAM Managed
Services Market.** It evaluates each vendor based on two key
dimensions: Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. This
assessment takes into account factors such as innovation, market
responsiveness, financial viability, and geographic activities,
among others.

“We are honored to be recognized as a Leader in the

Gartner Magic Quadrant. In our opinion this recognition
reflects our team's unwavering dedication and expertise in
delivering industry-leading Software Asset Management
services. We're committed to helping our customers
achieve their digital transformation goals with confidence
and efficiency.” Get the report

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- Melissa Mulholland, CEO, Crayon
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