🔖  Tagging – The Foundation of Visibility

Without tags, there’s no way to know what a resource is, who owns it, or why it exists. EverythingCloud:

• Automatically detects missing or inconsistent tags across AWS and Azure environments
• Highlights untagged resources so you know what needs to be cleaned up
• Enforces tagging best practices, such as:
  
  • Environment (e.g., Prod, Dev, QA)
  • Owner (Person or team)
  • Project or Cost Center
  • Application or Business Unit

Our FinOps analysts also help clients design and implement proper tagging standards during onboarding. This is crucial for enabling cost allocation, chargebacks, and accountability.

✅ Bonus: Our platform surfaces how much untagged resources are costing you, in real-time.

👥  Permissions – Role-Based Access Control

The EverythingCloud platform supports Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to ensure the right people have the right level of access:

• Admins: Full access to all environments and features (typically partner or client owners)
• Team Leads / Managers: Limited to specific projects or business units
• Viewers / Analysts: Read-only access to view reports, trends, and insights

💡 We recommend setting up Owner-level users at the start who will manage teams and client accounts. These users can also invite others.

🕒  Scheduling – Automate Downtime

Many cloud environments run 24/7, even when no one is using them—especially in dev, staging, or QA.

EverythingCloud includes:

• Automated scheduling for non-production environments
• Custom schedules (e.g., 9AM–6PM, weekdays only)
• Tag-based schedule assignment (e.g., all resources tagged Environment:Dev shut down at night)
• Override options for flexibility

🎯 This alone can reduce monthly bills by 15–20% in many environments.

🧹  Orphan Detection – Clean Up Unused Resources

One of the easiest ways to waste money in the cloud is by forgetting to delete unused resources. EverythingCloud continuously scans for:

• Idle compute instances
• Detached storage volumes (e.g., unattached EBS or managed disks)
• Aged snapshots or backups
• Unused load balancers or IPs
• Underutilized databases

When we find them, we flag them in the portal with:

• Their cost impact
• Last usage date
• Recommended action (delete, downsize, etc.)

💡 FinOps analysts also manually validate these during Quarterly Business Reviews.

🚨  Alerts & Recommendations

To keep cloud usage in check without manual babysitting, EverythingCloud uses:

• Budget alerts – Get notified when monthly usage is trending above target
• Anomaly detection – Spot sudden spikes or unexpected costs
• Savings recommendations – Get continuous suggestions on where and how to save
• Weekly summaries – Email recaps showing trends, savings, and issues

Partners can choose to:

• Let EverythingCloud handle alerts directly with the client, or
• Receive the alerts first and manage them through your own team

🔧  FinOps Best Practices (That We Implement With You)

Beyond the platform, our human FinOps team helps your clients build long-term cloud discipline:

• Enforce tagging hygiene through policies and automation
• Design clear ownership models – every resource should have an owner
• Run cost reviews regularly – monthly or quarterly
• Create accountability – tie cloud usage to business goals

Our goal is not just saving money—but creating a culture of responsible cloud usage.

🚀 Summary

With EverythingCloud, tagging, scheduling, permissions, and cleanups aren’t manual headaches. They’re automated, visible, and managed. This makes it easier for clients to scale while keeping control—and gives partners like you a more efficient and proactive way to support them.

EverythingCloud = FinOps + Automation + People. 👊