Google Cloud Cost Check: where your cloud bill can come down
We review your Google Cloud billing and usage read-only and show you exactly where you can save – by using less and buying for less through GMinds. Free of charge and without obligation.
- Read-only access, no changes
- Results report with prioritized actions
- 30-minute review of the results
In brief
The Google Cloud Cost Check is a free, read-only review of your existing Google Cloud environment. We analyze billing and usage data as well as Google’s recommendations and work out where you can save the most. We also show you what billing through GMinds means for your costs.
Two levers to lower your Google Cloud costs
Each one helps on its own. Together, you save noticeably.
Use less
We find unused and oversized resources as well as committed use discounts you aren’t using. You only pay for what you really need.
Buy for less
We bill your entire Google Cloud consumption through us. In the vast majority of cases, this gets you better terms than buying directly from Google.
The result: a noticeably lower Google Cloud bill – with the same technology and the same performance.
Three steps to your results
Book an initial consultation
In 30 minutes, we clarify your goals, which projects and billing accounts should be reviewed and how the check works.
Set up read access
You give us read access to billing and usage data. No changes to your infrastructure, no access to code or to the content of your data.
Review the results
You receive a results report with your savings potential and a prioritized list of actions. We go through it with you in 30 minutes.
What we look at on the cost side
Unused resources
Running instances, disks and IP addresses that nobody needs anymore.
Oversized resources
Servers and databases that are considerably larger than necessary.
Committed use discounts
Discounts for fixed terms that you don’t use yet or that no longer match your usage.
License and billing structure
Billing accounts, projects and licenses: what runs where, and what can be consolidated?
Using Google’s own tools
We use the FinOps tools Google itself provides and add our experience from projects. A person reviews every recommendation before it goes on your list.
How billing through GMinds works
Your projects, data and settings stay exactly as they are. The only things that change are who sends you the invoice – and on what terms.
Which permissions we need – and what we see
Read permissions required
You can revoke the roles at any time after the check.
What we see
What we don’t see
Read-only
We only read. Changes happen only if you commission us afterwards.
People decide
No machine writes your action list. We review every recommendation ourselves.
No lock-in
The results belong to you. You decide whether and with whom you implement them.
Data residency and GDPR
We work from Germany and, on request, under a data processing agreement.
What happens next
Implement
We implement the actions with you, from rightsizing to cleaning up unused resources.
Billing through GMinds
We bill your Google Cloud consumption through us – usually on better terms than buying directly from Google. Your projects keep running throughout.
FinOps as a managed service
We keep an eye on your costs on an ongoing basis and get in touch before things get expensive.
Let’s take 30 minutes to look at your cloud costs
- Clarify projects and billing accounts
- Set up read access together
- Schedule the results review
