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What is frugally.app?
frugally.app is a shift-left FinOps platform. Connect your AWS accounts, group resources into Targets using tags, and schedule start/stop actions to cut costs automatically.
Beyond scheduling, frugally.app includes Intelligence to analyse your AWS spending and Guard to govern infrastructure changes with approval workflows, budgets, and compliance scanning.
Supported AWS services: EC2, RDS, ECS, Auto Scaling Groups, EKS, and Redshift.
What you will set up
- Connect your AWS accounts — Link frugally.app to your AWS environment
- Create Targets — Scan and group the resources you want to manage (the wizard can also suggest schedules)
- Connect Slack — Get notifications and quick actions in your workspace
- Connect GitHub (optional) — Enable IaC scanning and drift detection
- Run an Execution — Test your setup with a manual one-off action
- Create a Schedule — Automate start/stop on a recurring basis
The Target Onboarding Wizard walks you through connecting an account, discovering resources, and creating your first Targets and Schedules in one flow. Look for the wizard prompt on the Dashboard after signing in.
Prerequisites
- A frugally.app account (sign in)
- At least one AWS account
- AWS IAM permissions to create roles and policies
- (Optional) Slack workspace admin access
- (Optional) GitHub organisation admin access
Key concepts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Connection | A link between frugally.app and an AWS account via an IAM role. |
| Target | A logical group of AWS resources identified by service type, regions, and tags. |
| Execution | A one-off or scheduled action (start, stop, etc.) run against one or more Targets. |
| Schedule | A recurring rule that triggers Executions automatically on a timetable. |
For a full list of terms, see the Glossary.
Tag your AWS resources consistently — for example with Environment (dev, staging, prod) or schedule:true. This makes it easy to create Targets and lets the Target Onboarding Wizard group resources for you automatically.
Ready? Let's start by connecting your AWS accounts.