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title: Configuration Optimization
description: Take control of your cloud. Achieve peak efficiency and performance for your cloud infrastructure without overspending with Cloud ExMachina.
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    - [Rate Optimization - Commitment Management - Renewal Planning - Pre-Commitment Forecasting - Usage-Based Targeting](https://www.cloudexmachina.io/solutions/rate-optimization)
    - [Usage Optimization - Rightsizing - Environment Scheduling - Zombie Resource Cleanup - Storage Tier Optimization ](https://www.cloudexmachina.io/solutions/usage-optimization)
    - [Configuration Optimization - Cost-Impacting Config Checks - High-Cost Pattern Detection - Cost-Aware Architecture Guidance - Automated Guardrails](https://www.cloudexmachina.io/solutions/configuration-optimization)
- [Integrations](https://www.cloudexmachina.io/#integrations)
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- [Why CxM?](https://www.cloudexmachina.io/#why-cxm)
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- [Solutions](https://www.cloudexmachina.io/solutions)
  
    - [By Team - Engineering Leadership - Platform & Infrastructure Teams - Product & Application Teams - FinOps / CloudOps Leads](https://www.cloudexmachina.io/team)
    - [Rate Optimization - Commitment Management - Renewal Planning - Pre-Commitment Forecasting - Usage-Based Targeting](https://www.cloudexmachina.io/solutions/rate-optimization)
    - [Usage Optimization - Rightsizing - Environment Scheduling - Zombie Resource Cleanup - Storage Tier Optimization ](https://www.cloudexmachina.io/solutions/usage-optimization)
    - [Configuration Optimization - Cost-Impacting Config Checks - High-Cost Pattern Detection - Cost-Aware Architecture Guidance - Automated Guardrails](https://www.cloudexmachina.io/solutions/configuration-optimization)
- [Integrations](https://www.cloudexmachina.io/#integrations)
- [Book A Demo](https://www.cloudexmachina.io/#bookademo)

# Surface and Fix Costly Configs, Anywhere They Live

Cloud Ex Machina identifies expensive defaults, inefficient behaviors, and high-cost architectures, and routes fixes to the right teams.

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### Configuration Checks

Flag oversized volumes, premium SKUs, and other costly defaults, with concrete recommendations and fixes delivered to the teams responsible.

- Flags misconfigurations tied to real services and teams
- Suggests safer, cost-effective alternatives
- Integrated into existing engineers workflows

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### Behavioral Spend Flags

Detect patterns like excess retries, noisy services, and high-fanout traffic, with root cause, impact, and actionable fixes for each.

- Detects behavioral cost drivers from logs, traces, and metrics
- Links patterns to services and teams
- Provides technical guidance to correct the issue

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### Architecture Fit Suggestions

Recommend lower-cost designs based on observed workload behavior, with savings estimates and actionable implementation guidance included.

- Matches recommendations to observed workload behavior
- Quantifies tradeoffs and expected cost impact
- Ready to be implemented by owning teams

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### Embedded Cost Policies

Enforce rules in CI, pull requests, and Infrastructure as Code deployments, catching cost-impacting changes before they’re deployed. Guardrails are version-controlled, team-scoped, and built to minimize friction.

- Flags cost-impacting changes before deploy
- Adapts to different team environments
- Maintains speed while enforcing standards

### They Trust Us to Uncover Opportunities Their Teams Can Act On

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## Ready to Make Cloud Optimization Part of How Your Team Works?

 Cloud ex Machina helps engineers stay ahead of cloud costs—no workflow changes, no FinOps chasing. Connect your cloud, uncover opportunities, and start seeing results in days.

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CloudExMachina maps your environment, attributes cost without tags, and delivers high-impact optimizations directly into developer workflows, from infrastructure tweaks to commitment planning.

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#### Solutions

- [Solutions](https://www.cloudexmachina.io/solutions)
- [Rate Optimization](https://www.cloudexmachina.io/solutions/rate-optimization)
- [Usage Optimization](https://www.cloudexmachina.io/solutions/usage-optimization)
- [Configuration Optimization](https://www.cloudexmachina.io/solutions/configuration-optimization)

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