About ClearSpend
Cloud cost optimization grounded in real infrastructure experience.
ClearSpend was created to help organizations make better cloud-spending decisions without creating unnecessary risk for the teams that run their systems.
Founder
Joel Snider
Joel is a cloud infrastructure professional with hands-on experience supporting complex customer environments, cloud migrations, high-availability systems, and disaster-recovery programs. His work has included supporting hundreds of customers across multiple environments while working against demanding reliability expectations.
His experience is strongest in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Google Cloud, with practical experience in Terraform, cloud networking, load balancing, DNS, Docker, observability, and infrastructure operations. He has worked to help cloud businesses save over $500K annually, and he wants to do the same for you!
Our philosophy
Savings only matter when they are feasible.
ClearSpend does not treat a theoretical price reduction as a guaranteed outcome. Every recommendation is evaluated through the lens of technical dependencies, operational risk, implementation effort, and business timing.
Practical over flashy
We prioritize improvements that can survive real-world scrutiny from engineering, security, and finance teams.
Clear assumptions
We document what is verified, what requires testing, and what may be constrained by applications or vendor requirements.
Client ownership
Clients retain decision-making control while receiving the information needed to act with confidence.
Let’s talk
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