Since launching the Cost Efficiency metric at re:Invent 2025, we keep hearing from our customers: “How do I compare to my peers?” To answer it, we analyzed optimization patterns across more than 71,000 anonymized, opted-in AWS customers over the most recent quarter. Savings Plans coverage is the foundation of any cost optimization strategy, but it’s just one piece of the puzzle. The data shows our most efficient customers go beyond Savings Plans with a set of practices that compound their savings. This report breaks down what the top performers do differently and how you can match their results.
- As of May 2026, the median Cost Efficiency score across all customers is 83, while the mean is 79, a gap driven by a long tail of less-optimized accounts.
- Enabling EC2 memory metrics is associated with 8 to 30 percentage points higher savings per recommendation, yet only 17.7% of eligible customers have this enabled.
- Customers…
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