RI/SP Coverage

An RI/SP Coverage page is designed to help monitor and enhance AWS Reserved Instances (RI) and AWS Savings Plans (SP) utilization. Utilizing the insights from this page can lead to substantial cost reductions — sometimes up to 72% — by aligning cloud resource commitments with actual usage patterns.

Explore the RI/SP Coverage page to start optimizing cloud expenditures effectively: go to the Recommendations section → click the card in the Summary cards section.

Summary cards

Go to the Recommendations section of the menu and view the card in the Summary cards section.

It shows the amount of money saved with commitments for the last 30 days and the percentage of computed expenses covered with commitments.

The card is clickable and leads you to the RI/SP Coverage page.

Page overview

The page RI/SP coverage shows two breakdowns by usage and expenses. Filter data output by data sources and/or date range. Hover the cursor over the data column of the chart, and detailed information appears.

The Usage breakdown shows the compute percentage covered by RI/SP. Uncovered usage highlights areas where purchasing more RI or SP could reduce costs.

The Expenses breakdown shows the amount of compute covered by RI/SP. Turn on Show Savings to see cost savings compared to projected expenses without RI/SP. Uncovered expenses indicate areas where increased RI or SP adoption could lower costs.

The information provided in the diagrams is shown in the table below. Information for each data source is displayed separately and summarized.

Click the data source name in the table to view its detailed information.

Recommendations

Go to the Reserved Instances opportunities card on the Recommendations page to get tangible recommendations from OptScale for optimal RI/SP usage.