FinOps Consulting from MaibornWolff
Are your cloud costs out of control? Budget planning a guessing game? Welcome to the reality for many companies. But it's easy to uncover hidden costs, manage budgets and get the most out of your cloud investment - with FinOps Consulting! With adequate advice on all aspects of financing and budgeting your cloud, you can not only afford cloud operations, but get the most out of them.
Suitable solutions
We rely on proven and efficient solutions for known challenges - so that you can save costs quickly and sustainably. We adapt these individually to your requirements in order to optimally support your cloud usage.
Strategic focus
Our solutions are tailored to your business model. Innovations are introduced consciously and purposefully.
Holistic approach
We won't leave you on your own! From the first meeting to ongoing optimization, we support you with a well thought-out strategy and implementation.
Comprehensive expertise
Our team of experts share their knowledge and experience from a wide range of sectors and numerous projects with you. This gives you the ideal support for every situation.

Every customer is different and has individual requirements. That is why we have created a future-proof and scalable system architecture that leaves all options open to us.
Our partnerships with cloud providers
With the support of our cloud partners, we help our customers to realize new digital business models through expandable, maintainable and resilient software solutions. We always focus on the needs of our customers and provide cloud-agnostic advice.
What is FinOps Consulting actually?
Cloud platforms offer companies unprecedented flexibility. But with this freedom comes a challenge and a responsibility that is not always realized: cost control. FinOps (Financial Operations) is the answer to rising cloud costs. It combines the worlds of finance and IT with agile methods to create transparency, control and efficiency.
FinOps clearly goes beyond purely technical and financial optimization: a central challenge lies in the social and cultural dimension within a company. The successful introduction of FinOps often requires a change in mindset and working methods - across departmental boundaries. Training, active change management and a culture of cooperation and transparency are crucial for sustainable success.
With our FinOps consulting, we provide you with the best possible support during application and implementation - professionally, strategically and culturally . You benefit from our expertise and knowledge of best practices.
After our FinOps consulting, old, problematic patterns are permanently broken - and your cloud environment can be operated and developed cost-effectively in the long term. This keeps your finances predictable, your IT flexible and your company competitive in the long term - without falling back into old habits.
What does DevOps have to do with FinOps?
DevOps combines development (Dev) and operations (Ops) to provide software faster and more efficiently. FinOps, on the other hand, ensures that cloud resources are used efficiently and economically. In short: DevOps accelerates innovation - FinOps ensures that it pays off!
FinOps Consulting from MaibornWolff - Your advantages
With FinOps Consulting, companies regain control of their cloud spending. We help you to identify cost traps, manage budgets efficiently and make optimum use of cloud resources - with a lasting effect: in many cases, 20-30% of cloud costs can be saved if you take a targeted approach and optimize.
These savings potentials have been available for a long time - the only problem is that they either continue to end up with the hyperscaler of your choice, or you make a one-off investment in consulting, which usually pays for itself after a short time. In the long run, FinOps Consulting costs nothing: it saves money - month after month.
Full cost control
We analyze your cloud expenditure and show you where there is potential for savings.
Better cooperation
We support you in networking your IT, finance and business teams more efficiently.
Faster decision-making
Our consulting services provide you with automated reports and clear recommendations for action.
Maximum ROI
Our FinOps strategies ensure that every cloud resource is used economically.
Challenges in FinOps Consulting
Many organizations struggle with hidden cloud costs in their cloud strategy, unclear resource allocation or a lack of visibility into their cloud spend. FinOps brings IT, finance and business teams together to make data-driven decisions. FinOps Consulting provides you with an overview and a tailored approach on how to optimize costs while taking full advantage of the innovative power of the cloud.
But getting there is not always easy. Here are the biggest challenges we see time and time again in projects:
Lack of transparency about cloud costs
Many companies do not have a clear overview of where and for what costs are incurred in the cloud. Without detailed metrics, it is difficult to identify potential savings.
Silo thinking between IT, Finance & Business
FinOps relies on collaboration between IT, finance and business teams. However, these departments often work separately, which leads to misunderstandings and inefficient decisions.
Unpredictable cloud costs
Cloud usage is dynamic - and that is precisely what makes it difficult to predict. A lack of budget planning and forecasting strategies often lead to nasty surprises on the bill.
Lack of cloud governance
Unclear responsibilities, a lack of accountability and weak cloud cost management cause uncontrolled growth and increasing expenditure. Without clear roles and a central overview of costs, resources are often used inefficiently or even forgotten. Cloud tariffs are also highly dynamic: new functions, pricing models and optimizations make cost control even more difficult.
Lack of automation
Many companies have set up their cloud infrastructure and the associated cost control manually. This makes it difficult to keep track of necessary adjustments, increases the susceptibility to errors and prevents quick, sensible adjustments for more efficient architectures and therefore lower costs.
Lack of know-how & resistance to change
The introduction of FinOps requires not only technical knowledge, but also a rethink of the corporate culture. Resistance to new processes and a lack of training are also obstacles.
Where we start with FinOps Consulting
With our structured FinOps consulting, we help you overcome these challenges and put your cloud operations in pole position ! With a customized strategy, clear processes, modern tools and a qualified team of experts, you have the best chance of getting your cloud costs under control!
FinOps Consulting: Our services
The responsibility lies with you, but we go with you every step of the way! Our team of experts takes care of analysis, strategy, optimization and best practices so that you always have your cloud costs under control. We support and advise you on:
Analysis & strategy development
We analyze your current cloud cost structure, identify potential savings and develop a tailored FinOps strategy that fits your business requirements.
Implementation of FinOps processes
We establish automated cost controls, train your teams and ensure that FinOps becomes an integral part of your business processes.
Continuous optimization & monitoring
Through regular cost analyses, forecasting and budget planning, we ensure that your cloud costs remain under control and are adapted to business requirements.
This is how our FinOps consulting works
FinOps is not rocket science - but without a plan, it can quickly become expensive. That's why we rely on a structured but flexible approach. You are always the owner - we accompany you as experienced guides. Together, we develop a customized strategy that ensures your cloud remains powerful, cost-efficient, future-proof and always tailored to your requirements:

1. understanding
In the first phase, we examine your cloud costs and identify potential savings. We look at the collaboration between Finance, Engineering, Product and Procurement and establish permanent communication channels between the departments in the FinOps framework and ensure that mutual expectations are clearly defined and continuously coordinated .
2. develop
In the next step, we develop a strategy that is precisely tailored to your situation. We develop a customized FinOps roadmap for your company. Our aim here is to create transparency for the departments involved and possibly support them with new tools.
3. relocate
We then set up the FinOps process together and support your company's executives in continuous improvement. We contribute experience, technical expertise and best practices to automate processes and implement them in cloud cost management.
4. optimize
We support you with regular reviews to further improve your strategy. In this way, we strengthen the FinOps processes in the company and continuously contribute cloud engineering expertise to support the technical departments in their journey. We measure ongoing success in economic parameters and the tracking of FinOps KPIs - tailored to your needs if required.

Let us get your cloud costs under control!
Keeping cloud costs under control doesn't have to be complicated - if you know how to do it. With our FinOps consulting, we get you on track: clear strategy, full transparency, smart optimization. In the end, you are at the helm and can manage your FinOps independently. And if questions do arise? We are here for you! Let's get started today - we look forward to hearing from you!
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FAQs: Frequently asked questions about FinOps Consulting
What is FinOps?
FinOps (Financial Operations) is a method of efficiently managing and optimizing cloud costs by bringing IT, finance and business together.
Is FinOps a tool?
No, FinOps is not a tool, but a method for optimizing cloud costs. It is about creating transparency, control and collaboration between IT, finance and business. With FinOps, companies learn to actively manage their cloud expenditure instead of just analyzing it retrospectively.
How quickly do you see results with functioning FinOps?
This depends on the initial situation, but initial savings and optimizations are often possible within just a few weeks. Unnecessary costs can be reduced through transparency and smart management. In the long term, FinOps ensures that companies use their cloud strategically, scale flexibly and make sustainable savings - without restricting innovation.