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EC2 Reserved Instance Opportunity

An instance running continuously pays the on-demand rate for the right to stop at any moment, a right it never uses.

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AWSprovider
Lowseverity
Savingswhere it shows up
Manualfix, steps written out

AWS

Found, explained, handed over.

Findings with a dollar figure attached, idle, oversized, orphaned, unscheduled and undiscounted spend.

01

Detect

ZopNight checks this automatically across AWS, with read-only access to the account.

02

Explain

Every finding says exactly what to change: Buy a Reserved Instance for the EC2 instance. Where the saving can be proven it is priced; where it cannot, the finding says so.

03

Fix

The finding opens with the fix already written out, step by step, so it is one ticket, not an investigation.

Applies to
EC2 Instances on AWS
The fix, by hand
  1. Confirm this workload will run for the full RI term (12 or 36 months) at this instance type.
  2. Cost Explorer → Reservations → Recommendations. Review AWS's RI suggestions for this account.
  3. Compare Standard RI (higher discount, locked family) vs Convertible RI (smaller discount, can exchange) vs Compute Savings Plan (most flexible).
  4. Purchase via EC2 → Reserved Instances → Purchase Reserved Instances.
  5. Verify the RI is active in Reservations within 24h of purchase.

These are the steps the finding carries in the product.

Category
Commitment discounts. Reserved Instance, Savings Plan and Committed Use opportunities, where steady usage justifies a commitment.
Where it appears
The Savings tab of Recommendations, with every affected resource listed.
Rule ID
RC-014
Full reference

EC2 Reserved Instance Opportunity

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  • $30M+annualised cloud spend under management
  • 550K+resources tracked since launch
  • 20-60%off the bill in the first month
  • SOC 2Type II report, plus ISO 27001

Figures published on zop.dev.

Multi-cloud automation· Production-ready in 30 min· SOC 2 · ISO 27001· 20–60% off the bill, first month· 4 platforms · 1 console· Multi-cloud automation· Production-ready in 30 min· SOC 2 · ISO 27001· 20–60% off the bill, first month· 4 platforms · 1 console·