Azure Cost Optimization

Find and recover wasted Azure spend without adding headcount or compromising the workloads your business depends on.

Turn Azure Waste Into Budget for What’s Next

Azure spend can accumulate quietly as workloads change, resources remain oversized and storage or services outlive their original requirements. Maintech identifies that unnecessary spend using real cost, utilization and workload evidence, while protecting the performance, security and compliance requirements your environment depends on.

The result is not simply lower Azure spend. It is budget you can redirect towards modernization, AI initiatives and other priorities without adding headcount or compromising established workloads.

$90,000/mo

Saved across a consolidated 14-company Azure footprint

43%

Cut in Azure spend for a global manufacturer

30–35%

Reduction in total spend for a 3-campus college district

Savings We’ve Already Delivered

Azure costs tend to creep up over time. Virtual machines remain oversized, storage stays on premium tiers after requirements change, and unused resources continue generating spend. Left unchecked, that unnecessary spend competes with the budget your business could be putting to better use. Maintech’s Azure Cost Optimization service finds that waste through a structured, evidence-based assessment, then recommends savings that put workload performance and security requirements first.

Recent Maintech Azure engagements have produced the following results:

How Maintech Identifies and Verifies Azure Savings

See how savings are identified and validated before changes are made.

Map Azure Spend

See cost and utilization across the subscriptions, resource groups and services included in the assessment.

Rightsize from Workload Evidence

Base rightsizing recommendations on observed workload data rather than blanket reduction targets.

Plan Changes Around Your Operations

Sequence recommendations around your change windows, owners and validation requirements.

Verify the Savings

Compare modeled savings with actual Azure Cost Management results after implementation.

Review Security Before Changes

Validate backup and security requirements before any cost recommendation is implemented.

Reinvest Recovered Budget

Use identified savings to create more room for planned technology investment.

How the Assessment Works

A focused, four-step engagement built on the same methodology behind every Azure assessment we deliver.

Assess

Full inventory and utilization analysis across your Azure estate. Typically a 1–2 week engagement.

Prioritize

Rank opportunities by savings, confidence, and effort. Agree on the near-term wins with your team.

Validate & Implement

Validate each change against workload evidence, then pilot it before wider rollout.

Verify & Repeat

Confirm savings in Azure Cost Management. Reassess quarterly, or before new commitment purchases.

What the Engagement Delivers

Full Azure Cost & Resource Assessment

Map in-scope subscriptions and services to current spend.

Prioritized Savings Roadmap

Ranked recommendations with confidence and effort.

Rightsizing & Optimization Pilot

Pilot agreed rightsizing and cleanup changes before wider rollout.

Ongoing FinOps Reporting

Monthly spend visibility, with quarterly reassessment to keep pace with new services and pricing.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do you need from us to get started?

Read access to your Azure Cost Management data and resource inventory for the subscriptions in scope, plus a short kickoff call with your cloud or infrastructure lead. No source code and no write access to production is required.

How long does it take?

Typically 1-2 weeks from kickoff to a delivered savings roadmap, depending on estate size and subscription access.

Will the assessment affect our production workloads?

No changes are made during the assessment itself. Every recommendation is validated with your team before anything is implemented.

What happens after the assessment?

You keep the roadmap. Maintech can then support implementation, validate realized savings, and provide ongoing FinOps reporting and reassessment.

Find the Azure Savings Available in Your Environment

Start with a scoping call to confirm your Azure environment, agree the assessment scope and identify the access required.