# AWS Config optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub

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4 documented AWS Config cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

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4 documented AWS Config cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

## 4 inefficiencies

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- AWS Config  CER-0228

### [Excessive AWS Config Costs from Spot Instances](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/excessive-aws-config-costs-from-spot-instances)

Spot Instances are designed to be short-lived, with frequent interruptions and replacements. When AWS Config continuously records every lifecycle change for these instances, it produces a large number of CIRs. This drives costs...

Other

- AWS Config  CER-0201

### [Continuous AWS Config Recording in Non-Production Environments](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/continuous-aws-config-recording-in-non-production-environments)

By default, AWS Config is enabled in continuous recording mode. While this may be justified for production workloads where detailed auditability is critical, it is rarely necessary in non-production environments. Frequent changes in...

Other

- AWS Config  CER-0137

### [Unnecessarily High Recording Granularity in AWS Config](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/unnecessarily-high-recording-granularity-in-aws-config)

Organizations frequently inherit continuous recording by default (e.g., through landing zones) without validating the business need for per-change granularity across all resource types and environments. In change-heavy accounts (ephemeral...

Other

- AWS Config  CER-0135

### [Unfiltered Recording of High-Churn Resource Types in AWS Config](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/unfiltered-recording-of-high-churn-resource-types-in-aws-config)

By default, AWS Config can be set to record changes across all supported resource types, including those that change frequently, such as security group rules, IAM role policies, route tables, or network interfaces frequent ephemeral...

Other

## More AWS services

- [AWS EC2  23](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-ec2)

- [AWS RDS  19](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-rds)

- [AWS S3  15](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-s3)

- [AWS Lambda  12](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-lambda)

- [AWS EBS  10](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-ebs)

- [AWS CloudWatch  8](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-cloudwatch)

- [AWS EKS  8](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-eks)

- [AWS ElastiCache  8](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-elasticache)

- [AWS DynamoDB  7](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-dynamodb)

- [AWS Bedrock  6](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-bedrock)

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