The EKS Savings Playbook: Containers, Nodes & Purchase Types

What We'll Cover

• The three pillars of EKS optimization: Purchase Optimization, Container Rightsizing, and Node Rightsizing
• How to assess each strategy by impact vs. effort—and understand what’s realistically achievable by hand
• Why combining usage insights with cost data is key to accurate rightsizing decisions
• The hidden costs of running optimization in-house—and how nOps’ lightweight, automated approach reduces operational burden
• When and where automation makes sense, and where manual tuning might still be needed
• How to achieve continuous benchmarking without adding engineering overhead