Do you guarantee savings?
No. This is a cost visibility setup, not a guaranteed savings product. The goal is to give your team the data foundation, dashboards, alerts and review process needed to understand spend and decide what to do next.
Do you need Project Owner access?
No. I do not need persistent Project Owner access, production write access, application secrets or database contents. The work is focused on billing data, BigQuery, dashboards and alerts.
What GCP access is usually needed?
It depends on your current setup, but the work may involve billing export, BigQuery billing datasets, dashboard access and budget alert configuration. Where possible, you run guided setup steps yourself and revoke temporary access after handover.
Is billing data sensitive?
Billing data can reveal project names, services, usage patterns and commercial information. It should be treated carefully. The setup is designed to use the minimum access needed and to keep ownership inside your environment.
What if billing export is not enabled yet?
That is common. I can set it up or validate the setup, but fresh export data may need 7 to 14 days before dashboards and trend views become useful.
Do you build in Looker Studio or BigQuery?
The setup may use Looker Studio, saved BigQuery views or both. The right choice depends on your current tooling, who needs to read the data and how much control you want over the underlying queries.
Do you replace a FinOps platform?
No. This is for teams that do not need a full cost-management platform yet, or need to get their GCP billing foundation into a usable state before considering one.
Do you optimise production workloads?
Not as part of the fixed-scope setup. I may identify follow-up opportunities, but production changes, rightsizing, query tuning, architecture redesign and CUD purchases are outside the core service.
What size team is this for?
The best fit is usually a startup or small product team spending meaningfully on GCP, often around $10k-$80k per month, without a dedicated FinOps or cloud cost owner.
What happens after handover?
You keep the dashboard, alerts, views and handover pack. The goal is for your team to understand what was built, how to read it and what to review each month without needing ongoing dependency.