Cost on the pull request
FinOpsGuard prices a Terraform or Ansible change before apply, checks budget policy, and can block the pipeline.
Consulting for DevOps and FinOps
Ship the next change
with the cost already known
Honeybadger technologies is a consulting practice for teams on AWS and Kubernetes. We build the platform, the delivery path, and the FinOps check that prices a change before it is applied. We also resell the cloud, workspace, and security products the work runs on.
What the assessment covers
- 01 How production is separated from the other accounts
- 02 Whether a change is priced before it is applied
- 03 The IAM the Terraform actually needs
- 04 Where disk, registries, and spot capacity are already the bill
A written review, before any platform rewrite
Price the change. Then ship it.
01 — The gap
Delivery and the bill are still two reviews
A cloud change can ship while the cost decision waits for the invoice. Honeybadger technologies puts the platform, the path that ships it, and the cost of the change in one engagement.
02 — Outcomes
What the engagement changes
Each outcome is something your team can point to in the accounts, the pipeline, or the bill.
A platform a small team can run
AWS accounts kept apart, private EKS, and GitOps, with production disaster recovery as its own root.
Least privilege from the Terraform
tf-iamgen reads the Terraform tree and writes the IAM policy that tree needs, instead of a wildcard role.
Delivery that does not hide spend
Hardened runner images, spot capacity where the workload allows it, and registry and artifact growth treated as cost.
03 — Engagement
How the work proceeds
Three steps. The assessment is the start. It does not require a platform rewrite.
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01
Assessment
A written look at accounts, delivery, and the bill.
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02
Guardrails
A cost check, and the IAM the Terraform needs, on the path that already ships.
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03
Platform work
The layers the assessment named, built with your team.
04 — Practice
DevOps, FinOps, and cost optimization
Three practices in one engagement. The tools are how the work is done.
DevOps
The platform and the path that ships it.
- Production accounts kept apart from the rest, in Terraform and Terragrunt
- Private EKS, with the addons the cluster actually runs
- Argo CD GitOps, including a separate production DR root
- Jenkins defined in git, and GitHub Actions on hardened runner images
- Packer images for those runners, including Graviton
FinOps
Cost sits in the same review as the platform.
- FinOpsGuard on the pull request, before apply
- Live prices and historical usage from the cloud billing APIs
- Budget policy in blocking or advisory mode
- Comments on GitHub or GitLab, and alerts when spend spikes
- AWS, GCP, and Azure price lists for Terraform and Ansible
Cost optimization
The bill that is already running. No promised percentage.
- Spot capacity where the workload allows it
- Registries and build artifacts kept from growing without a policy
- Disk, failover, and image lifecycle treated as cost
- Separate accounts so production spend stays visible
- tf-iamgen so broad roles are not left as the default
- Accxia when the bill is Atlassian seats rather than cloud
05 — Supply
Each product does a different job
Accxia lowers the Jira bill without leaving Jira. Check Point is there to stop the attack. Ask for the one that matches the problem.
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Request Google CloudBuy the software on the AWS invoice
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Request WekaProof of what was tested
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Request TestRailPrevent the attack, on one policy
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07 — Questions
Before you request an assessment
Is this a product or a consulting engagement?
Honeybadger technologies is a consulting practice. FinOpsGuard, tf-iamgen, and the golden runner are tools used in that work. The engagement starts with an assessment.
Do we have to adopt FinOpsGuard?
No. The assessment can recommend a cost check on the pull request. FinOpsGuard is one way to do that. The work can also use the billing tools you already run.
Which clouds do you work on?
Platform engineering is AWS and Kubernetes. FinOpsGuard also prices Terraform and Ansible changes for AWS, GCP, and Azure. We resell Google Cloud, Google Workspace, AWS Marketplace solutions, IBM Cloud, Weka, Accxia for Atlassian licenses, TestRail, and Check Point.
Do you sell the licenses, or only advise?
Both. The engagement starts with an assessment. Honeybadger technologies also resells Google Cloud, Google Workspace, AWS Marketplace solutions, IBM Cloud, Weka, Accxia for Atlassian license cost, TestRail, Check Point, and other security products.
What does the assessment produce?
A written review of how production is separated from other accounts, whether a change is priced before it is applied, which IAM the Terraform needs, and where disk, registries, and spot capacity are already the bill.
Do you replace our team?
No. The work lands in your accounts, your pipelines, and your GitOps. Your team keeps the platform.
How do you talk about savings?
For Atlassian licenses, Accxia can save up to 30% without replacing Jira. For cloud spend, the assessment names what is already on the bill. We do not invent a savings percentage for the platform.
08 — Assessment
Request a solution
Name the problem. The request is a written look at which product fits, whether that is a cheaper Jira license or a security control that actually prevents the attack.