FinOps for Startups: Cloud Cost Discipline Before It Becomes a Crisis
Cloud costs are the silent killer of fintech startups. A $10,000 monthly cloud bill becomes $50,000 in six months and $200,000 in twelve months. By the time the CFO notices, the engineering team has built infrastructure that is expensive to run and difficult to optimise. FinOps — the practice of bringing financial accountability to cloud spending — should start on day one, not when the cloud bill becomes a board-level discussion. The habits you build at $10,000 per month determine whether you can scale to $100,000 per month without restructuring your infrastructure. ...