--- title: "How to reduce your AWS Config bill for volatile workloads" url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-reduce-your-aws-config-bill-for-volatile-workloads-fdpx57kb1 source_url: https://cloudonaut.io/how-to-reduce-your-aws-config-bill/ type: article source: "cloudonaut" published: 2025-08-01T09:55:45.639Z updated: 2025-08-01T09:56:08.182Z tags: ["aws", "finops"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to reduce your AWS Config bill for volatile workloads **[cloudonaut](https://daily.dev/sources/cloudonaut)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AWS Config costs can skyrocket for volatile workloads like Fargate tasks due to frequent resource creation and deletion. Each Fargate task launch triggers 4 configuration changes (ENI, VPC, subnet, security group), making Config costs exceed the actual compute costs. Switching from continuous to daily recording frequency can reduce Config costs by up to 1400% while maintaining Security Hub compliance, though it comes with trade-offs like missing some changes and higher per-change costs for non-volatile workloads. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#finops](https://daily.dev/tags/finops) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-reduce-your-aws-config-bill-for-volatile-workloads-fdpx57kb1)