FinOps
Make cloud spend visible, accountable and actionable
Rackspace FinOps gives finance, technology and business leaders a shared view of cloud spend, identifies opportunities to reduce waste and puts engineers behind the changes. Track accountability, implement savings and keep optimizing as your environment changes.
Cloud spend changes as quickly as the environment behind it
Cloud consumption changes continuously as teams deploy, scale and adjust workloads, with costs changing alongside usage. Without consistent allocation and visibility, it becomes harder to connect that spend to the teams, applications and business priorities driving it. FinOps brings finance, technology and business teams together around shared cost data, giving cloud spend clearer ownership, budgets and an ongoing optimization plan.
FinOps at scale
Our FinOps practice by the numbers
Enterprise AI is moving out of the test lab and into the daily operations of the business. Companies no longer just need models, platforms or compute. They need to know where AI should run, how it will be governed, what it will cost and who takes responsibility when it becomes part of how the business runs.
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enterprise FinOps engagements delivered
How we deliver
From first assessment to continuous optimization
FinOps is an ongoing discipline. Start by understanding where spend goes and where opportunities exist, then optimize the environment and continue managing costs as usage and requirements change.
Assess
Map cloud spend, identify optimization opportunities and prioritize the changes that can deliver the greatest value. Leave with a clear plan for moving forward.
Optimize
Use Rackspace Optimizer+ to identify opportunities across rightsizing, reserved and committed-use purchasing, idle resources and architecture, with reporting for finance and technology teams.
Operate
Put approved changes into action with Rackspace engineers, then review the environment regularly to identify new opportunities and track implemented savings.
Engagement models
Choose the level of FinOps support you need
Start with an assessment or workshop, bring in Rackspace engineers to implement identified opportunities or keep optimization running over time. Each model is designed for a different level of FinOps support.
FinOps Workshop
A one-day session covering FinOps principles, operating practices and priorities specific to your environment. Leave with a clearer view of where to focus and practical next steps for your FinOps program.
FinOps Assessment
A two-month analysis of cloud consumption and spend that identifies and prioritizes optimization opportunities. Quantify potential savings and establish where to focus before committing to a broader engagement.
FinOps Core Accelerator
A four-month engagement that identifies, prioritizes and implements optimization opportunities in biweekly sprints. Guaranteed to fund itself: if Rackspace identifies less than $120,000 in savings, Rackspace refunds the difference.
FinOps GainShare
Zero upfront cost. A Rackspace engineering team identifies and implements optimization opportunities over four months, with fees based on a share of realized savings. Designed for organizations with significant monthly cloud spend.
Optimizer+
Continuous cloud cost optimization with ongoing analysis, expert recommendations and reporting for customers who purchase cloud infrastructure through Rackspace.
Optimizer Advisor
Ongoing cloud cost optimization delivered through a fixed monthly subscription for organizations that purchase cloud directly from the provider.
Every time we have the Optimizer+ monthly review with Rackspace, we find something new we can act on. The validation is very useful.
Kristjan Elias
Director of Infrastructure, Pipedrive
Complementary services
Extend FinOps across your technology environment
Apply FinOps insights to ongoing operations, workload modernization and the infrastructure supporting AI.
Infrastructure and Application Managed Services
Turn identified optimization opportunities into operational changes, with Rackspace managing the infrastructure and applications behind the spend.
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Cloud Migration and Modernization
Model workload costs before migration and use those insights to inform placement, architecture and consumption decisions.
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Enterprise AI Cloud
Apply FinOps practices to AI infrastructure and GPU consumption, with visibility into utilization, allocation and cost.
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is Rackspace FinOps?
Rackspace FinOps brings finance, technology and business teams together around cloud spend, with visibility into where costs originate, clearer allocation and ownership, identification of optimization opportunities and engineering support to implement approved changes.
Which cloud platforms does Rackspace FinOps cover?
Rackspace FinOps supports AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, individually or together, along with Rackspace Private Cloud for hybrid environments. Availability varies by engagement model, so a Rackspace FinOps expert can confirm coverage for your environment.
What is Rackspace Optimizer+?
Optimizer+ provides ongoing cloud cost optimization for customers who purchase cloud infrastructure through Rackspace, including analysis, expert recommendations and reporting across rightsizing, commitment purchasing and idle resources. Optimizer Advisor provides ongoing optimization for organizations that purchase cloud directly from the provider.
What is FinOps GainShare?
FinOps GainShare has zero upfront cost. A dedicated Rackspace engineering team identifies and implements optimization opportunities over four months, and Rackspace invoices a percentage of the realized savings for 12 months. It is designed for organizations with significant monthly public cloud spend.
Is the FinOps Core Accelerator guaranteed?
Yes. The four-month FinOps Core Accelerator is guaranteed to fund itself. If Rackspace identifies less than $120,000 in savings, Rackspace refunds the difference.
How much can we expect to save?
Savings depend on the environment, current cloud consumption and optimization work already completed. Across more than 100 enterprise engagements, Rackspace FinOps has realized more than $120M in annualized savings. A FinOps assessment quantifies the opportunity for your environment before a broader engagement.
Does Rackspace implement the recommendations or just report them?
Both. Workshops and assessments identify and prioritize optimization opportunities. Core Accelerator and GainShare include Rackspace engineers who implement approved changes, while Optimizer+ and Optimizer Advisor provide ongoing optimization as cloud environments continue to change.
Does FinOps apply to AI and GPU spend?
Yes. Rackspace applies FinOps practices to AI training and inference workloads, including visibility into GPU utilization, allocation, commitment strategy and workload placement across public and private cloud.
Find out where your cloud spend can work harder
A FinOps assessment analyzes your cloud consumption and spend, quantifies optimization opportunities and prioritizes where to act. Talk to a Rackspace FinOps expert to get started.