Cost Optimization Courses and Certifications

Weights & Biases

Efficient Inference with Command R+ - Optimizing Speed and Cost for Enterprise AI

Discover advanced inference optimization techniques for enterprise AI, including sliding window attention, speculative decoding, and guided decoding to balance speed, cost, and performance.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AWS Events

Optimizing GPU and CPU Utilization for Cost Savings and Performance

Discover Capital One's methodology for monitoring and optimizing GPU and CPU usage in cloud infrastructure, focusing on cost management and performance enhancement strategies.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Platform Engineering

Optimizing Cloud Costs - Strategies That Deliver Big Savings

Discover proven cloud cost optimization strategies that delivered $100K+ monthly savings through rightsizing, autoscaling, and resource management across AWS and Kubernetes platforms.

• YouTube
• 14 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

DevOpsDays Tel Aviv

The Costly Side of Being Cheap - Understanding Hidden Costs in Technical Decisions

Explore the hidden costs of budget-focused tech decisions, learning when to invest more upfront and when cheaper options make sense for infrastructure and database choices.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

USENIX

How to Host a Very Popular Website for 30 Altairian Dollars a Day

Discover cost-effective strategies for hosting high-traffic websites while maintaining user privacy and creative freedom, drawn from AO3's experience serving billions of pages annually on a donor-funded budget.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AWS Security and Cost Management Concepts

Master AWS security, governance, and cost optimization to prepare for the Cloud Practitioner certification.

• DataCamp
• 3 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Modernizing and Optimizing Architecture

Master serverless architectures, cost optimization, and AI solutions on AWS through hands-on projects and infrastructure automation techniques.

• Udacity
• 11 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Designing AWS Architecture for Workloads

Master AWS architecture selection, workload migration strategies, and optimization techniques to build scalable, efficient cloud solutions for diverse business needs.

• Udacity
• 11 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Design Cost-Optimized Architectures on AWS

Master AWS cost optimization through hands-on strategies for storage, compute, database, and network architectures while balancing performance and scalability effectively.

• Udacity
• 13 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Microcredential

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Master AWS architecture design principles to build secure, resilient, high-performing, and cost-optimized cloud solutions while preparing for the Solutions Architect Associate certification.

• Udacity
• 60 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Microcredential

Cloud Architect using Microsoft Azure

4 ratings at Udacity

Comprehensive Azure training covering infrastructure design, migration, cost optimization, monitoring, and security for aspiring cloud architects and engineers.

• Udacity
• 53 hours
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Cost Visibility and Optimization in Kubernetes

Explore cloud financial management in Kubernetes, covering cost visibility, optimization strategies, and implementing accountability for cloud spending in container environments.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Autoscaling and Cost Optimization on Kubernetes - From 0 to 100

Explore Kubernetes autoscaling techniques, from basics to advanced features, for optimizing costs and meeting demand dynamically without compromising performance or availability.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

AWS Events

AWS Storage Cost-Optimization Best Practices

Discover proven strategies for optimizing AWS storage costs, maximizing ROI, and maintaining high performance through expert-recommended practices and cloud storage solutions.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Google Cloud Events

Cost Optimization Deep Dive for Google Compute Engine

Master effective cost optimization strategies for Google Compute Engine through VM selection, discount management, budgeting tools, and technical support services to significantly reduce cloud spending.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video