Adopting a cloud strategy can lead to significant cost savings, but to maximize the cost optimization model of AWS, companies need to plan accordingly and leverage the many tools AWS provides. In this article, learn about some of the most popular, yet often overlooked, tools for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and others. While not an ultimate guide, this is a great place to start planning AWS usage or evaluating existing practices to discover how to maximize the cost efficiencies of an AWS strategy.