AWS Cost Checklist for Small Teams with Archies Gurav

AWS bills usually grow through small leaks rather than one big decision: a server nobody stopped, a disk nobody deleted, logs kept forever.

This printable checklist covers where the money goes:

- Right-sizing, and scaling back down after traffic peaks

- Data transfer, NAT gateway and storage costs

- Log retention and right-sized databases

- Tags that give every cost an owner

- Budgets and alerts that warn you early

It's for startups and small teams who pay their own AWS bill.