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Cost optimisation

Azure cost optimisation services

North Peak Cloud cuts wasted Azure spend without touching performance. We run a structured cost review across your subscriptions — right-sizing, reservations and savings plans, orphaned-resource cleanup, storage tiering and tagging — then leave you with a FinOps practice that keeps the savings compounding. Typical Azure estates carry 20–40% avoidable cost; we find it and remove it.

  • Full cost review across every subscription
  • Right-sizing and orphaned-resource cleanup
  • Reservations, savings plans and Azure Hybrid Benefit
  • Tagging and cost allocation you can actually report on
  • Anomaly detection so waste doesn't creep back
Azure AI Foundry specialists
FinOps cost engineering
Fixed-price foundations
UK · US · Canada
What we do

AI on Azure, done right.

The foundations, guardrails and cost discipline that turn an Azure AI pilot into something you can actually run in production.

AI-ready foundations

Azure AI Foundry hubs and projects, private networking to your models, identity and policy guardrails — the secure base every AI workload needs before it scales.

Cost control for AI & cloud

FinOps for the AI era: token and PTU strategy, model right-sizing, reservations and anomaly detection. We find the waste your invoice is hiding.

Platform engineering

Landing zones as code in Bicep or Terraform, GitOps, policy-as-code and golden paths. Enterprise-grade Azure delivered in weeks, not quarters.

Security & responsible AI

Content filtering, evaluations, data-residency and audit-ready guardrails aligned to the EU AI Act and ISO 42001 — trustworthy AI you can put in front of customers.

Migration & modernisation

Cloud Adoption Framework migrations and Well-Architected reviews that leave you cheaper, faster and ready for AI — not just lifted-and-shifted.

Senior engineers, direct

You work with the architect who does the build — no account managers, no offshore hand-off, no gatekeeping. Answers in plain English.

How we work

Three ways to start.

Fixed-scope engagements with a clear price and outcome agreed up front — then ongoing cost and platform management if you want it. No day-rate open-endedness.
FIXED-PRICE FOUNDATION
AI Base Camp

An AI-ready Azure landing zone, delivered in weeks.

  • Azure AI Foundry hub & projects
  • Private networking to model endpoints
  • Identity, RBAC & Azure Policy guardrails
  • Responsible-AI baseline & content filters
  • Infrastructure as code you own
  • Handover & runbook
Scope your foundation
PILOT TO PRODUCTION
Foundry Accelerator

One AI use case, production-grade, on AI Foundry.

  • RAG, agent or document-intelligence build
  • Evaluation & guardrails wired in
  • CI/CD and observability
  • Cost model before you commit
  • Knowledge transfer to your team
  • Reusable accelerator IP
Start an accelerator
FINOPS · ONGOING
AI Cost Control

Stop AI and cloud bill shock before it starts.

  • Token / PTU vs pay-as-you-go strategy
  • Model right-sizing & reservations
  • Cost anomaly detection
  • Classic Azure estate optimisation
  • Monthly reporting & reviews
  • Gain-share option available
Cut your Azure bill
Also available: Azure Well-Architected reviews, cloud migration, Microsoft Entra identity and classic cost-optimisation engagements. See all Azure services.
Why now
The 2016 cloud moment,
for AI.
Azure AI today is where Azure cloud was a decade ago: the organisations that build the right foundations now will compound the advantage for years. The ones that bolt AI on without guardrails will pay for it — in cost, risk and rework. North Peak Cloud gets you on the right side of that line.
Questions

Asked and answered.

How much can Azure cost optimisation save?+

Most organisations recover 20–40% of Azure spend through right-sizing, reservations, orphaned-resource cleanup and better tagging — often more on estates that have grown quickly without governance.

Will optimisation affect performance?+

No. Done properly, cost optimisation removes waste — idle resources, over-provisioning, the wrong pricing model — while protecting or improving performance through right-sizing and the Well-Architected Framework.

Get in touch

Let’s get you AI-ready.

Tell us what you’re trying to do with AI on Azure — a couple of sentences is plenty. You’ll get a reply within one working day with clear next steps. No obligation, UK, US and Canada welcome.