# Overview ## Empowering FinOps for the broader community. Larger companies often secure exclusive deals and discounts directly with cloud providers, a privilege startups may not have. Additionally, these companies boast substantial finance and DevOps teams dedicated to optimizing savings efficiently. AWS, in particular, encourages long-term commitments by offering significant discounts. For instance, a 3-year Reserved Instance (RI) can yield an impressive discount of up to 72%! However, not every company can fully capitalize on these cost savings. Despite extensive planning from Finance and Engineering teams, keeping pace with the dynamic nature of cloud usage remains challenging. Yet, with Dotted's group billing, we can collectively harness these savings. Strength in numbers – the more, the mightier we become! ## Dotted's approach to save money 1. **Individual Spend Forecasting:** We predict your individual spend based on historical data and usage patterns; 2. **Automatic Purchase of Commitments:** Dotted autonomously acquires commitments such as Reserved Instances (RIs) and Savings Plans to secure the highest possible discounts; 3. **Use more, pay less:** By fostering a community of clients spending together in the same organization, we unlock discounts based on collective usage (ex.: data transfer). This means every client benefits from the lowest possible pricing, ensuring optimal cost efficiency for all. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://help.usedotted.com/en/overview.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.