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    FORGE · CLOUD AND AI COST OPTIMIZATION

    Cloud and AI Cost Optimization for Governed AI Infrastructure.

    FinOps engineered for regulated AI workloads. iTmethods combines Archera cost intelligence, AI workload right-sizing, and substrate-level controls so every dollar of cloud and model spend is governed, auditable, and defensible to your CFO and your regulators.

    iTmethods is an enterprise modernization platform trusted by enterprises in financial services, healthcare, defense, and government.

    Scoped recommendation within two business days. No commitment required.

    Enterprise clients in regulated industriesProven Multi-Cloud FinOps MethodologyMulti-Cloud FinOps Certified
    HOW THIS FITS IN FORGE

    A horizontal capability across the Forge stack.

    Cost Optimization is not a single product line. It is a cross-cut offering that operates across all three Forge components. In the Governed Tooling Layer, it tunes DevOps and customer tooling spend. In the Forge AI Substrate, it right-sizes agent runtime, foundation model access, MCP and tool operations, and the sovereign control plane. In FSAI engagements, it bakes FinOps discipline into the Assess, Harden, and Sustain phases so cost evidence is captured from day one.

    Governed Tooling Layer

    Governed Tooling Layer

    Tunes DevOps and customer tooling spend.

    Forge AI Substrate

    Forge AI Substrate

    Right-sizes agent runtime, foundation model access, MCP and tool operations, and the sovereign control plane.

    Forge Secure AI

    FSAI

    Bakes FinOps discipline into Assess, Harden, and Sustain so cost evidence is captured from day one.

    Reign integration

    Cost evidence flows into the Audit Ledger (CAVR).

    When Cost Optimization runs alongside Reign, every right-sizing decision, reserved-instance commit, model-routing change, and substrate adjustment is written as an immutable evidence record. Finance gets the savings story. Compliance gets the provenance trail. Boards get a single source of truth for AI spend governance.

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    THE PROBLEM

    Your cloud spend is a black box.

    32% of cloud spend is wasted on idle resources, oversized instances, and unoptimized commitments. Most enterprises cannot tell you who is spending what, let alone why. The problem is not spending. It is spending blind.

    32%

    Of all cloud spend is wasted on idle resources, oversized instances, and unoptimized commitments

    Flexera State of Cloud 2025

    $17.4B

    Wasted annually on idle cloud resources across enterprises. Recoverable through FinOps practices

    Flexera State of Cloud 2025

    80%

    Of enterprises lack a unified view of multi-cloud costs across providers and teams

    FinOps Foundation Survey 2025

    Material

    Cost reduction delivered for Forge clients through FinOps-driven optimization. Talk to sales for your scenario

    iTmethods FinOps practice

    THE AI COST PROBLEM

    AI spend is the new cloud waste.

    Enterprises are deploying AI at scale. But most cannot tell you what it costs, who is using it, or whether the spend is delivering ROI. Token costs, GPU instances, and model inference fees are the new blind spots.

    40%

    Of enterprise AI compute spend is wasted on idle GPU instances, over-provisioned models, and untracked API calls

    Gartner AI Infrastructure Report 2025

    $4.6M

    Average annual AI spend per enterprise. With most organizations unable to attribute costs to specific teams or use cases

    McKinsey AI Adoption Survey 2025

    73%

    Of organizations lack visibility into AI token costs, GPU utilization, and model inference spend across providers

    FinOps Foundation AI Survey 2025

    60%

    AI cost savings achievable through token optimization, model right-sizing, and intelligent routing across LLM providers

    iTmethods Client Results

    AI Token Cost Tracking

    Track every API call across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and private models. With per-team and per-project attribution.

    GPU Utilization Monitoring

    Identify idle GPU instances, over-provisioned inference endpoints, and underutilized training jobs in real time.

    Model Right-Sizing

    Match model size to task complexity. Stop paying frontier-model prices for tasks a smaller model handles equally well.

    AI Budget Guardrails

    Set hard spending limits per team, per model, and per use case. With automated alerts before budgets are breached.

    AI cost governance integrates with Reign AI Gateway for complete token-level visibility and policy enforcement.

    CLOUD INSURANCE MODEL

    Reserved Instance savings. Zero lock-in risk.

    Traditional cloud commitments force you to choose: lock in for 1-3 years and save, or stay flexible and overpay. Our cloud insurance model, powered by Archera, eliminates that trade-off entirely.

    Get the same 30-50% savings as multi-year reserved instances, but with 30-day commitment terms. If your workloads shift, your architecture changes, or you migrate to a different provider, you are covered. Guaranteed resale or rebate on any unused commitment. No penalty. No lock-in. No risk.

    30-Day Flexible Commitments

    30-50% savings

    Get 1-3 year reserved instance pricing with only 30-day terms. Adjust or exit any time without penalty.

    Guaranteed Resale or Rebate

    Fully protected

    If your workloads change, we guarantee the resale of your commitment or provide a rebate. Your savings are insured.

    Automatic Optimization

    Always optimized

    Commitments are continuously rebalanced as your usage evolves. No manual RI management, no wasted reservations.

    Multi-Cloud Coverage

    All providers

    Works across AWS, Azure, and GCP. One insurance model for your entire cloud estate. Including AI compute instances.

    COMPLETE VISIBILITY

    See every dollar. Optimize every resource.

    Unified cost visibility across your entire cloud and AI estate. With budget rules and automated controls that prevent overspend before it happens. One platform for compute, storage, data, Kubernetes, and AI workloads.

    Compute and VMs

    EC2, Azure VMs, GCE instances, and bare metal. With automated rightsizing recommendations, scheduling policies, and utilization-based optimization across all providers.

    Storage and Networking

    S3, Blob Storage, Cloud Storage, data transfer, and CDN costs across AWS, Azure, and GCP. With lifecycle policies, tiering recommendations, and egress optimization.

    Data and Analytics

    Databases, data warehouses, streaming, and big data processing with cost allocation by team, project, and business unit. Track unit economics per customer and deployment.

    Kubernetes and Containers

    EKS, AKS, GKE clusters with namespace-level cost allocation, pod-level cost visibility, and automated scaling recommendations for containerized workloads.

    AI and LLM Workloads

    GPU instances, LLM API calls, model inference endpoints, and training jobs. With token-level cost attribution by team, project, and use case across all AI providers.

    BUDGET RULES AND GUARDRAILS

    Set the rules. Enforce automatically.

    Cloud spend can spiral overnight. A single misconfigured auto-scaling group can burn through thousands before anyone notices. Forge budget rules and FinOps controls enforce spending limits, approval workflows, and policy controls across every cloud resource in real time.

    Budget Ceilings by Team, Project, or Account

    Set hard or soft spending limits by business unit, cloud account, or individual project. Get automated alerts at 75%, 90%, and 100% of budget. Before thresholds are breached, not after.

    Workflow Approval Rules

    Require approval for high-cost cloud provisioning requests or resource scaling above defined thresholds. Route to the right stakeholder automatically with full audit trail.

    Cloud Policy Enforcement

    Control which resource types can be provisioned, enforce tagging standards, set spending limits per account, and block unapproved configurations. All configured as policy-as-code that scales with your organization.

    See Forge pricing options

    Real-Time Cloud Cost Dashboards

    Live visibility into cloud spend across every team, account, and resource. Drill down from org-wide totals to individual instances. No more waiting for the monthly bill to discover cost overruns.

    Without governance vs. with Forge Cloud Optimization.

    FeatureWithout governanceWith Forge Cloud Optimization
    Cloud Cost VisibilityFragmented across providersUnified multi-cloud dashboard
    Budget EnforcementManual or after the factAutomated, real-time alerts
    Approval WorkflowsEmail-based, slowPolicy-driven, instant routing
    Cloud CommitmentsLocked 1-3 yearsInsured from 30 days (cloud insurance model)
    AI Cost VisibilityNo tracking or attributionToken-level cost tracking by team and model
    Cost AllocationGuessworkFull showback by team and project
    FinOps MaturityCrawl stage or noneRun stage with continuous optimization
    OUR APPROACH

    From blind spend to governed savings.

    A proven four-phase FinOps methodology that delivers cloud cost control without slowing down innovation. Used by enterprise clients in regulated industries.

    1

    Discover

    Complete inventory of cloud resources across all accounts and providers. Map costs to teams, projects, and business units with automated tagging and classification.

    2

    Analyze

    Identify cloud waste, underutilized resources, and commitment gaps. Model budget scenarios and forecast spend across your multi-cloud portfolio for up to 60 months.

    3

    Optimize

    Deploy budget rules, workflow approvals, and flexible cloud commitments. Automate rightsizing, scheduling, and cost controls based on actual usage patterns.

    4

    Govern

    Continuous cost governance, anomaly detection, and policy enforcement. Monthly FinOps reviews to ensure budget policies hold as workloads scale and cloud usage evolves.

    CAPABILITIES

    Enterprise-grade cloud cost management.

    Comprehensive cost visibility, budget enforcement, and FinOps governance across cloud infrastructure, data workloads, and containerized environments. Built for the compliance requirements of regulated industries.

    Multi-Cloud Cost Visibility

    Unified dashboards across AWS, Azure, and GCP. See every resource, every team, and every project. With real-time cost tracking and automated anomaly detection.

    • Real-time cost tracking across all cloud providers
    • Per-team and per-project spend dashboards
    • Resource utilization monitoring and anomaly detection
    • 60-month cost forecasting and trend analysis

    Budget Rules and Enforcement

    Set hard and soft spending limits across cloud accounts, teams, and projects. Automate threshold alerts at configurable levels and enforce budget ceilings before spend exceeds limits.

    • Budget ceilings by team, project, or cloud account
    • Automated alerts at 75%, 90%, 100% thresholds
    • Hard stops or soft warnings (configurable per policy)
    • Monthly and quarterly budget rollover rules

    Cost Allocation and Showback

    Complete visibility into who is spending what across your cloud estate. Drive accountability with full showback by team, project, and business unit.

    • Multi-cloud cost allocation and chargeback
    • Team-level and project-level dashboards
    • Automated tagging strategy and enforcement
    • Unit economics tracking (cost per customer, feature, deployment)

    Workflow Rules and Approvals

    Require approvals for high-cost provisioning requests. Route cloud resource provisioning through policy-driven workflows with complete audit trails.

    • Approval workflows for cloud resource provisioning
    • Spend threshold gates before deployment
    • Threshold-based routing to stakeholders
    • Full audit trail for all approvals and denials

    Rightsizing and Scheduling

    Automatically identify oversized instances, idle resources, and scheduling opportunities. Continuously optimize your cloud footprint without manual intervention.

    • Automated instance rightsizing recommendations
    • Dev and test environment scheduling and shutdown
    • Idle resource detection and cleanup
    • Reserved instance and savings plan optimization

    Commitment Management

    Manage cloud commitments with flexibility. From 30-day terms to multi-year agreements. Optimize coverage across RIs, savings plans, and CUDs.

    • Flexible commitments starting at 30 days
    • RI and savings plan coverage optimization
    • Commitment utilization monitoring
    • Break-even analysis and renewal recommendations
    MULTI-CLOUD EXPERTISE

    Optimize cloud costs across all major platforms.

    Unified visibility and FinOps governance across AWS, Azure, and GCP. One dashboard for cost allocation, budgets, and continuous optimization.

    Amazon Web ServicesUp to 72% savings with flexible commitments
    Microsoft AzureUp to 80% savings with Hybrid Benefit optimization
    Google CloudUp to 70% savings with CUD management
    Multi-Cloud GovernanceUnified FinOps dashboard across all providers with single-pane cost allocation
    FINOPS FRAMEWORK

    FinOps-driven. Continuously optimized.

    Built on the FinOps Foundation's Inform-Optimize-Operate framework. iTmethods brings FinOps maturity to your cloud operations with budget rules, automated rightsizing, flexible commitments, and continuous governance that scales with your infrastructure.

    Cross-Functional Visibility

    Engineering, Finance, and Operations aligned on cloud costs. With a single source of truth for every team, account, and resource.

    Automated Budget Enforcement

    Set budget rules, enforce spending policies, and automate alerts across every cloud account and resource. No manual intervention required.

    Unit Economics

    Track cost per customer, per deployment, per feature, or per environment. Connect cloud spend directly to business value.

    Continuous Optimization

    Monthly FinOps reviews, policy tuning, and optimization cycles that adapt as your cloud usage grows and infrastructure evolves.

    Inform

    Multi-cloud visibility, cost allocation, benchmarking, and 60-month forecasting

    Optimize

    Budget rules, rightsizing, flexible commitments, and automated cost controls

    Operate

    Workflow approvals, policy enforcement, and continuous FinOps governance

    ENGAGEMENT MODELS

    Flexible options for every stage.

    From one-time assessments to fully managed cloud FinOps governance. Choose the level of support that fits your organization.

    Cost Assessment

    One-time deep dive into your cloud costs with prioritized recommendations and a FinOps-driven savings roadmap.

    • Complete multi-cloud cost analysis
    • Resource utilization and waste identification
    • Budget rule and optimization recommendations
    • 60-month savings forecast
    • Executive presentation with ROI projections
    MOST POPULAR

    Managed Cost Governance

    Ongoing cloud cost optimization with budget rules, automated rightsizing, and continuous FinOps governance. Managed by certified practitioners.

    • Everything in Assessment
    • Budget rules and policy enforcement
    • Workflow approval configuration
    • Flexible cloud commitments (30-plus days)
    • Monthly FinOps reviews and optimization
    • Dedicated FinOps certified practitioner

    FinOps Consulting

    Build internal FinOps capability with expert guidance, training, and enablement.

    • FinOps maturity assessment
    • Team training and enablement
    • Budget rule and policy design workshop
    • Tool selection and integration setup
    • Ongoing advisory and quarterly reviews
    FREQUENTLY ASKED

    Common questions about cloud cost optimization.

    Find out what cloud and AI is really costing you.

    Get a free cost assessment showing exactly where your cloud and AI spend is going, and how the cloud insurance model and FinOps-driven optimization can cut it by 20-45%.

    Join regulated enterprise teams realizing double-digit cloud savings. Limited availability. We take on 5 new assessments per month.

    No commitment required. Scoped recommendation within two business days.