Features (this release is all about usability and keyboard speed)

🚀 Bulk Cost Insights (Cmd/Ctrl + Enter) (usability-first)

Start bulk Cost Insights Analysis to generate optimization recommendations for all services (only available for Current Month or Previous Month timeframes)

• Press Cmd/Ctrl + Enter (or use Analysis → Start Cost Insights Analysis) to analyze every eligible service in one go.
• Live service badges show Done, Failed, or Queued so you always know what finished and what needs attention—even after the run.
• Smart toasts explain why analysis isn’t available (wrong timeframe, Org view, job already running), cutting trial-and-error clicks.

Why it matters: This is the fastest path from “open CloudPouch” to “I have answers.” Fewer clicks, more insight.

🔎 Quick Profile Switcher (Cmd/Ctrl + K) (usability-first)

Find and switch AWS profiles with a modern command palette.

• Press Cmd/Ctrl + K to open Search AWS profiles…; type to filter, ↑/↓ to navigate, Enter to select, Esc to close.
• Search matches profile name making large lists instantly manageable.
• Works with named profiles, SSO, and role-chaining from your ~/.aws/config and credentials sources.

Why it matters: Multi-account work is now frictionless—jump profiles in seconds without leaving the keyboard.

⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet (usability-first)

Your productivity, now muscle-memory friendly.

• Open Help → Keyboard Shortcuts to view the in-app overlay anytime.

Why it matters: CloudPouch is now keyboard-centric - you’ll move faster with fewer context switches.

Other Features

• Snapshot Cleanup Playbooks for EC2: At-a-glance totals for snapshot counts, archiveable volume, and estimated monthly savings, plus per-volume “delete vs. archive” guidance and stakeholder-ready breakdowns.
• Smarter S3 Storage Guidance: Trustworthy tallies that exclude uninspectable buckets; an engine that weighs lifecycle rules vs. Intelligent-Tiering to surface the single next best action; security gaps remain visible alongside savings.

Bug Fixes & Maintenance

• RDS snapshot reports now show accurate spend for previous-month reviews, eliminating overstated savings in historical analyses.
• IPC listeners are cleaned up when layouts change, keeping long-running sessions responsive and avoiding ghost triggers.

🎬 I’ve recorded a short demo showing it all in action - check it out below 👇
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pawelzubkiewicz_aws-finops-costoptimization-activity-7381267858103717888-V8KI

Features

⚙️ New Cost Insight: Amazon EKS Extended Support Detection

CloudPouch now includes a dedicated Cost Insight for Amazon EKS, giving you full visibility into your EKS clusters and their lifecycle status.

With this update, CloudPouch can:

• 🧾 List all EKS clusters, along with region, version, and monthly cost.
• 🏷️ Highlight clusters in Extended Support mode, which incur an additional 365.00 USD per month if running on deprecated Kubernetes versions.
• 🔎 Show when each cluster entered Extended Support and estimate historical and monthly support charges.

This helps you identify and upgrade outdated clusters before they silently start generating high ongoing costs.

💰 Why It Matters

AWS charges hefty support fees for EKS clusters running on unsupported Kubernetes versions. These charges are often hidden in the total EKS bill.
CloudPouch makes them visible, traceable, and actionable.

If you're paying 438.00 USD for a cluster that should cost just 73.00 USD, this feature will tell you exactly why.

Bug Fixes & Maintenance

• none

Features

📊 Improved Compare chart

Month-to-month comparison charts now embed per-service % deltas right inside each bar, so you can instantly spot which services went up or down, and by how much.

• A bold green arrow highlights the overall savings, making the scale of change crystal clear.
• There is also a symmetric red arrow in case your costs went up.

💰 Why It Matters

A screenshot is all it takes to showcase the impact of your FinOps initiatives. The chart speaks for itself - perfect for leadership updates, slide decks, or celebrating wins with the team.

Bug Fixes & Maintenance

• none

Features

📢 RDS Cost Insights: Detect Databases Approaching Extended Support

We’ve added a powerful new capability to the RDS Cost Insights module - CloudPouch now automatically identifies which RDS databases will enter Extended Support within the next 12 months.

AWS imposes substantial additional charges for databases that remain on outdated engine versions. This feature helps you stay ahead by:

• 🗓 Forecasting when each database enters Extended Support (if no action is taken).
• 💸 Estimating future monthly support costs per instance.
• 📊 Showing cumulative support costs since a database entered Extended Support (if already enrolled).

This proactive insight empowers FinOps teams and cloud engineers to plan upgrades in advance, ensuring compliance and avoiding unnecessary expenses. The visual dashboard clearly shows the timeline and financial impact for each affected DB.

💰 Why It Matters

Extended Support fees can be shockingly expensive, often charged per vCPU per hour. These charges add up fast — especially if databases have been left running on deprecated versions for months.

CloudPouch now brings full visibility into:

• Current support costs already incurred.
• What you'll be charged in the future (if no action is taken).
• Which DB engines and versions are at risk.

✅ How to Use It

1. Open CloudPouch, and select your AWS profile. Choose Current month or Previous month timeframe.
2. Navigate to Amazon Relational Database Service in the table below the main chart. Expand it by clicking on it.
3. Click the blue button Check Cost Insights 🔍
4. Wait a few seconds for CloudPouch to fetch and analyze data. Afterward, scroll down to the section RDS Extended Support.
5. Prioritize your upgrade plans accordingly.

This functionality requires no additional setup and works automatically for any AWS profile with permission to query RDS instance metadata and pricing.

⚠️ Reminder

Avoiding Extended Support is not just about cost — it’s also about maintaining security, supportability, and compliance. CloudPouch now helps you spot these issues well in advance.

Bug Fixes & Maintenance

• none

Features

Enhanced RDS Cost Insights: new RDS Extended Support analysis

Gain detailed insights into your RDS databases that are enrolled in Extended Support.

Bug Fixes & Maintenance

• multiple bug fixes.
• Cost Insights animation - added nice animation while the application is fetching data and analyzing Cost Insights.

Features

• New Cost Insight for EBS Snapshots automatically analyzes the snapshots in your account and provides a summary of potential savings by identifying deletable snapshots. Since EBS Snapshots are incremental, understanding their costs can be complex. CloudPouch simplifies this by accurately calculating the individual size of each snapshot, considering the context of the specific EBS Volume from which they were created.
  

You must have the ebs:ListSnapshotBlocks & ebs:ListChangedBlocks privilege in the policy for this functionality to work correctly.

Bug Fixes

• none

Features

• EC2 cost insights - updated how SPOT instances are handled, they are now on a gray background, so it's easier to spot them (pun intended 😉)
  

• Added more service icons.

Bug Fixes

• none

Features

• EC2 cost insights rightsizing recommendations engine has been refactored and improved to cover more EC2 instances and provide better recommendations.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed rare error with recommendations that suggested 100% savings that occurred for small instances, mostly.
• Added missing specs information about c7 EC2 instances.
• Modified auto-updater configuration.

Features

• No new features in this release.

Bug Fixes

The application now supports the updated SSO profile configuration method introduced in AWS CLI.

The new configuration format is stored in ~/.aws/config and allows sharing of a defined sso-session across multiple profiles, improving reusability and simplifying SSO management.

Example Configuration

[profile my-dev-profile]
sso_session = my-sso
sso_account_id = 123456789011
sso_role_name = readOnly
region = us-west-2

[profile my-other-profile]
sso_session = my-sso
sso_account_id = 55555555555
sso_role_name = readOnly
region = us-west-2

[sso-session my-sso]
sso_region = us-east-1
sso_start_url = https://my-sso-portal.awsapps.com/start
sso_registration_scopes = sso:account:access

For more details, refer to the AWS CLI SSO documentation.

Features

New Cost Insights for ECR (Amazon Elastic Container Registry)

Gain detailed insights into your ECR usage, allowing you to easily identify and remove outdated or unnecessary Docker images. This ensures you're only paying for the images you truly need, helping to optimize storage costs.

Enhanced RDS Cost Insights

We've significantly improved storage cost calculations for RDS, providing deeper insights and more opportunities for savings:

• Support for GP3, IO1, and IO2 Provisioned IOPS (PIOPS): Accurate cost calculations for all storage configurations, giving you a clear view of the true costs associated with your database storage.
• Improved RDS Recommendation Engine: Now identifies shutdown databases that still incur storage costs, helping you avoid unexpected charges. The engine also recognizes failed databases, highlighting them with distinct visual cues.
• Shutdown Instance Savings: The savings summary now includes separate calculations for costs related to shutdown instances, offering better transparency for potential optimizations.
• Storage Utilization Monitoring: Easily track disk usage to identify overprovisioned databases, allowing for informed decisions on resource scaling and cost reduction.
• Storage Autoscaling Visibility: Added detailed information on storage autoscaling behavior, giving you a complete picture of your RDS setup and its cost implications.
• Enhanced UI: Improved visuals for a smoother and more intuitive user experience within the RDS Cost Insights.

As illustrated by the image above, even though databases are shutdown, storage costs are not insignificant.

Bug Fixes & Maintenance

• New Icons Added: Completed the icon set for services that were previously missing.
• Improved Input Validation: Enhanced validation logic to reduce errors and ensure smoother operation.
• Refactoring & Modularization: Code refactoring has been completed to modularize components, improving both code reuse and maintainability.

This release enhances cost analysis capabilities for both RDS and ECR, helping you optimize your AWS infrastructure and avoid unnecessary expenses.