Measures for cost saving in the cloud

It is usually a better choice to select Paas (Platform as service) over Iaas (Infrastructure as service).If we spin off a VM in the cloud we need to start paying for it as soon as it is ready and running.

If we choose Paas we need to be smart for cost saving in the cloud.

• Scale down resource if we can
• Turn off or decommission resources
• Develop with cost in mind
• Measure the usage of the applications