Savings Plan drift eats your discount
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A founder told me yesterday: "We just bought a bigger Savings Plan. Our AWS bill should drop next...
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Published Time: 2026-04-22T17:43:42Z
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Posted on Apr 22 • Originally published at [aicloudstrategist.com](https://aicloudstrategist.com/blog/savings-plan-drift.html)
# Savings Plan drift eats your discount
[#aws](https://dev.to/t/aws)[#finops](https://dev.to/t/finops)[#cloudcost](https://dev.to/t/cloudcost)[#cloudcomputing](https://dev.to/t/cloudcomputing)
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A founder told me yesterday:
"We just bought a bigger Savings Plan. Our AWS bill should drop next month, right?"
I told him: "Probably not."
And he went quiet.
Because every FinOps vendor is saying:
"Buy commitments to save"
"Savings Plans = instant
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Posted on Apr 22 • Originally published at [aicloudstrategist.com](https://aicloudstrategist.com/blog/savings-plan-drift.html)
# Savings Plan drift eats your discount
[#aws](https://dev.to/t/aws)[#finops](https://dev.to/t/finops)[#cloudcost](https://dev.to/t/cloudcost)[#cloudcomputing](https://dev.to/t/cloudcomputing)
[](https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Ft3p3hhe5xa53ld2j36sa.png)
A founder told me yesterday:
"We just bought a bigger Savings Plan. Our AWS bill should drop next month, right?"
I told him: "Probably not."
And he went quiet.
Because every FinOps vendor is saying:
"Buy commitments to save"
"Savings Plans = instant
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