As global economic pressures mount and businesses across South Africa tighten their belts, cloud spending has come under the microscope. For many organisations—from startups to established enterprises—cloud costs have become one of the largest line items in the IT budget.
The good news? With the right strategy, most businesses can reduce their cloud expenses by 20–30% without sacrificing performance or scalability.
The Challenge: Cloud waste is everywhere
According to industry research, nearly 30% of cloud spending is wasted on idle resources, over-provisioned instances, and unused storage. Common culprits include:
- Orphaned storage volumes – Left behind when virtual machines are deleted
- Over-sized instances – More CPU and memory than workloads actually need
- Idle load balancers – Running without serving traffic
- Unattached IP addresses – Still being billed despite no active use
- Development environments left running – Over weekends and holidays
How Solbridge helps South African businesses optimise cloud costs
- Cloud cost assessment
- Rightsizing and resource optimisation
- Reserved instance and savings plan strategy
- Automated cost governance
- Ongoing optimisation and reporting
- 20-30% average reduction in monthly cloud costs
- Clear visibility into cloud spending by department, project, or environment
- Elimination of wasted spend on idle and orphaned resources
- Predictable cloud budgets without sacrificing agility
Solbridge is not a cloud reseller—we are your independent technology partner. We have no incentive to push you toward more expensive services. Our only goal is to help you build a cloud environment that is cost-effective, secure, and perfectly aligned with your business needs.
Ready to cut your cloud costs?
Contact Solbridge today for a cloud cost assessment. We will show you exactly where you are overspending and how much you can save
