The EKS Savings Playbook

Overview

Amazon EKS unlocks powerful scalability—but it can also open the door to runaway costs if not optimized across every layer. While most teams know about savings through EC2 purchase options, real efficiency goes much deeper.

Join Shouri Thallam (Senior Solutions Architect at nOps) and Zach Reinhart (Lead Engineer, EKS Optimization) as they break down the three essential levers of EKS optimization and show you how to move from manual guesswork to continuous savings—without burning out your team.

In this 30-minute session, they’ll cover the real-world impact, effort, and pitfalls of DIY approaches, and explain how automation, benchmarking, and cost-accurate rightsizing transform EKS cost management.

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