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title: Cost optimization | Tiger Data Docs
description: Reduce storage and compute costs
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# Lower your storage and compute bill

Use the sections below when you want cheaper storage (compression, tiers, retention), lighter compute (sizing and usage), or Tiger Cloud billing context.

## I want to reduce…

- Reduce storage costs with compression
- Use [tiered storage](/docs/learn/data-lifecycle/storage/about-storage-tiers/index.md) for cold data
- Configure appropriate retention policies

## Compute costs

- Right-size your instance
- Monitor resource usage

## Tiger Cloud

- [Pricing and account management](/docs/deploy/tiger-cloud/tiger-cloud-aws/pricing-and-account-management/index.md)

## See also

- [Columnar storage](/docs/learn/columnar-storage/understand-hypercore/index.md): compression and Hypercore
- [Tiered storage](/docs/learn/data-lifecycle/storage/about-storage-tiers/index.md): move cold data to cheaper tiers