One of the biggest advantages of the cloud is its flexibility, but that flexibility can sometimes lead to an unexpected monthly bill. It’s a common story: you provision a server for a project, and before you know it, you’re paying for resources you no longer need.
At Tremhost, our mission is to provide powerful cloud solutions without the financial guesswork. We believe that your success is our success. That’s why we’ve built our platform with transparency at its core. This guide will show you how to be a smart consumer of cloud services and use Tremhost’s features to ensure you’re only paying for what you need.
Tip 1: Right-Size Your Instances
This is the single most effective way to cut your cloud costs. “Right-sizing” means matching the computing resources (CPU, RAM) to your actual workload. It’s a common mistake to choose an overly powerful server “just in case,” but this quickly leads to paying for a lot of unused capacity.
- How to Do It on Tremhost: Our intuitive dashboard provides real-time graphs showing your instance’s CPU and RAM usage. Take a look at these metrics over a few days or weeks. If your usage consistently hovers below 30%, you are likely over-provisioning.
- Practical Action: You can easily scale down your instance to a smaller, more affordable size with just a few clicks from your control panel. We recommend starting with a smaller instance and scaling up only if you find your application needs more power.
Tip 2: Identify and Eliminate “Zombie” Resources
These are resources you’ve created but are no longer using. They are the silent budget killers. Common examples include servers left running after a project has ended, or old storage volumes that are no longer attached to an instance.
- How to Do It on Tremhost: Our dashboard gives you a clear, centralized view of all your active resources. Go to your “Instances” and “Volumes” lists and conduct a quick audit. Do you see any servers you no longer need? Are there any storage volumes sitting idle?
- Practical Action: Delete or archive any resources that are not actively contributing to your business. It’s an easy way to see immediate savings on your next bill.
Tip 3: Leverage Scheduled and Automated Actions
Not every resource needs to be running 24/7. Your development or staging environment, for example, is likely only in use during business hours. Paying for it to run overnight and on weekends is pure waste.
- How to Do It on Tremhost: While our platform provides a great foundation for custom automation, you can easily implement this yourself using scripts and our simple API. Set up a simple script to automatically shut down your development servers at 6 p.m. and start them back up at 9 a.m. This can cut your costs for those instances by over 50%.
- Practical Action: Start with a few non-critical instances and automate their on/off schedules. This simple action can lead to significant monthly savings without any impact on your productivity.
Tip 4: Optimize Storage Costs
Cloud storage is incredibly cheap, but it can still add up. This is especially true if you are storing old backups, unused snapshots, or duplicate data.
- How to Do It on Tremhost: Check your “Volumes” and “Snapshots” sections regularly. Delete old snapshots that you no longer need for recovery. Identify and remove any unattached volumes. Consider using our object storage service for large amounts of archival data, as it’s often more cost-effective for long-term storage than block storage.
- Practical Action: Schedule a monthly review of your storage to ensure you are not paying for old data you have forgotten about.
The Tremhost Advantage: Simplicity and Human Support
We believe cloud cost optimization should be simple, not a full-time job. Our dashboard gives you the transparency you need, but our commitment goes a step further.
Our support team is always ready to help. If you’re looking for more ways to save money, don’t hesitate to reach out. We can walk you through your current usage and help you create a cost-cutting strategy that is tailored to your business.
At Tremhost, we’re not just a vendor—we’re your partner in the cloud. By helping you save money, we’re building a relationship based on trust and mutual success.
