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Agentic FinOps

Agentic FinOps is a conversational AI agent that helps you investigate cloud costs, interpret optimization data, draft savings plans, and run governed actions — all through natural language.

When to use it

  • You want to investigate a cost increase without manually building Cost Explorer filters.
  • You need a quick summary of optimization opportunities for a specific team or environment.
  • You want to draft a savings plan or prepare talking points for a FinOps review.
  • You're exploring data and aren't sure where to start.

Open Agentic FinOps

Go to Automation > Agentic FinOps from product navigation.

The page prepares a session for the active organization. If access is unavailable, check with your administrator — access may require a specific role or feature flag.

Run an investigation

  1. Confirm the active organization in the account menu.
  2. Ask a specific question. Include the scope, time period, and provider where relevant.
  3. Review the evidence and any proposed plan the agent returns.
  4. Refine the question if the result is too broad or misses important context.
  5. Use governed approval flows for any action the agent proposes — verify outcomes in Cost Explorer or Recommendations after actions are applied.

Example questions

Which services drove this month's cost increase in our AWS production account?

Summarize high-confidence rightsizing opportunities for non-production EC2 instances.

What is our current Reserved Instance coverage for RDS, and where are the gaps?

Draft a plan to reduce Kubernetes spend in the platform namespace by 20%.

Which teams have the highest AI token spend this quarter?

Best practices

  • Be specific — include provider, account, service, environment, and date range in your questions.
  • Ask for evidence — if the agent gives a recommendation, ask it to show the supporting data.
  • Verify before acting — treat a conversational answer as a starting point, not proof of execution.
  • Keep humans in the loop — always require human approval for production changes, commitment purchases, and destructive actions.
  • Iterate — refine your question if the first response is too broad or misses context.