ENTERPRISE FINOPS & CLOUD COST MANAGEMENT
Cut Cloud Spend 20–40%
Without Sacrificing Performance.
- ISO 27001 Certified
- ISO 22301 Certified
- DORA Aligned
- GDPR Compliant
- Start in 7–10 days
- From €5–6k/mo
HST Solutions delivers enterprise FinOps and cloud cost optimisation services across Ireland, the UK, and Europe, embedding senior engineers who bridge finance and engineering teams to reduce cloud spend by 20–40%. ISO 27001 certified.
Why Teams Bring Us In
- Cloud bill surprises every month
- Nobody owns cost
- Finance and engineering blame each other
- Waste is obvious but nobody fixes it
Who brings in a Managed FinOps Engineer
CFOs getting surprise cloud bills
CTOs who know they're overspending
50–500 person organisations spending
Finance teams who can't get answers from engineering
Teams with Reserved Instance commitments expiring
If that sounds familiar, this offer is built for you.
What is FinOps?
The global FinOps market is projected to reach $32 billion by 2033 because enterprises waste 30–40% of their cloud budgets. In 2025 alone, an estimated $44.5 billion will be wasted on idle resources, over-provisioned instances, and missed discounts.
What you get
Senior FinOps/Cloud Engineer
- Cost analysis
- Rightsizing
- Commitment strategy
- Tagging
- Showback/chargeback
- Cloud optimisation
Project Manager included
- Scope
- Comms
- Weekly Status
- Stakeholder Coordination (finance + engineering)
Architecture reviews included
- 2h/week Cost Architecture
- Optimisation Opportunities
- Commitment Planning
DevOps integration included
- Automated Cost Controls
- Budget Alerts
- Optimisation Implementation
SLA & Compliance
- Weekly Demos
- Monthly cost reviews
- ISO 27001
- GDPR
- Full IP assignment
One monthly price. One embedded seat. A full bench behind it.
What we optimise
Cost Visibility
- Cost allocation & tagging
- Showback/chargeback
- Unit economics
- Anomaly detection
- Forecasting
- Budget management
Optimisation Techniques
- Rightsizing (compute, storage)
- Reserved Instances
- Savings Plans
- Spot Instances
- Idle resource cleanup
- Storage tiering
AWS Cost Tools
- Cost Explorer
- Compute Optimizer
- Savings Plans
- Reserved Instances
- S3 Intelligent Tiering
- Trusted Advisor
Azure Cost Tools
- Cost Management + Billing
- Azure Advisor
- Azure Reservations
- Azure Hybrid Benefit
- Blob Storage Tiering
- Azure Spot VMs
FinOps Platforms
- AWS Cost & Usage Reports
- Azure Cost Management
- Kubecost (Kubernetes)
- CloudHealth, Apptio
- Custom dashboards
Commitment Management
- RI coverage analysis
- Savings Plan strategy
- Commitment purchasing
- Expiration management
- Blended rate optimisation
Azure — we don’t push multi-cloud complexity you don’t need.
The 12-week "Visibility & Optimise" Program
A proven framework to take control of cloud costs.
Assess
Foundation
Optimise
Deliverables
Typical Savings by Technique
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Why marketplaces can't deliver FinOps for enterprises
Marketplace 
Toptal/Proxify | 
HST – Managed FinOps Engineer | |
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| PM + Architecture | ||
| Finance + Engineering bridge | ||
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What We Delivered
Cloud Cost Optimisation — Financial Services
- Challenges
- Cloud bill growing 20% year-over-year with flat usage
- No cost allocation — couldn't attribute spend to teams or products
- Reserved Instances expiring with no renewal strategy
- Development environments running 24/7
- Solution
- Implemented cost allocation tagging across all resources
- Rightsized over-provisioned RDS and EC2 instances
- Purchased 3-year Savings Plans for baseline compute
- Automated dev environment shutdown outside business hours
- Monthly cost review cadence with finance and engineering
- Result
- 35% cost reduction ($180k annual savings), clear cost ownership by team, predictable monthly bills, and sustainable optimisation process.
Trusted by leading organisations
Proof that Reduces Risk
Pricing
Clear, guarded, no hidden overages
Precision Pod
€5–6k/month
Single seat
- 1 Senior FinOps/Cloud Engineer
- PM included (up to 6–8h/month)
- Architecture reviews (up to 2h/week)
- DevOps integration assist
- 3-month minimum, then 30-day notice
- Start in 7–10 business days
Pair Pod
€10–11k/month
Two engineers
- 2 Senior Engineers (e.g., FinOps + Cloud)
- PM included (up to 10h/month)
- Architecture reviews (up to 4h/week)
- DevOps integration assist
- 3-month minimum, then 30-day notice
- Start in 7–10 business days
Mini-Team
€15–16k/month
Three engineers
- FinOps + Cloud + Data
- PM included (up to 15h/month)
- Architecture reviews (up to 6h/week)
- DevOps integration assist
- 3-month minimum, then 30-day notice
- Start in 7–10 business days
- Swap guarantee
If fit is off in the first 2 weeks, we replace within 5 business days at no cost.
Frequently asked questions
How much can FinOps save my organisation?
Typical savings are 20–40% of cloud spend. Deloitte predicts $21 billion in potential FinOps savings in 2025 alone. Savings come from rightsizing (20–30%), commitment purchasing (30–72%), and waste elimination (10–25%).
What is Effective Savings Rate (ESR)?
ESR measures actual savings achieved through rate optimisation (Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Spot) compared to on-demand pricing. Elite organisations achieve 50–60% ESR; average organisations are at 25–35%. We track and improve your ESR throughout engagement.
Should we use Reserved Instances or Savings Plans?
Savings Plans offer more flexibility (change instance types and regions) with savings up to 66%. Reserved Instances offer deeper discounts (up to 72%) but lock you to specific instance types. Best practice is a blended strategy based on workload predictability.
Who should own FinOps in our organisation?
FinOps is cross-functional. Successful programmes have executive sponsorship, dedicated FinOps practitioners, and engineering teams with cost awareness. Finance provides governance; engineering implements optimisations. We help establish this operating model.
How long does FinOps implementation take?
Initial cost visibility and quick wins in 4–6 weeks. Full FinOps practice implementation including governance, tooling, and culture change typically takes 3–6 months. Optimisation is ongoing we establish sustainable processes, not one-time fixes.
How fast can you start?
7–10 business days from signed agreement to engineer embedded in your team.
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