# Why Duckbill

## Singular, deep expertise in enterprise-scale cloud cost management

Duckbill lends you deep technical and financial specialization trusted by enterprises, cloud providers, and the community.

## Cloud cost management is all we do

We didn’t pivot into cloud cost management — we pioneered the field. Our cloud economists live and breathe this work and this work only. This singular focus means unmatched expertise, just for you.

### We have the perfect marriage of software and expertise

Humans have trouble making sense of complex cloud cost data without great software. Meanwhile, software untangles the complexity but can’t make the judgment calls necessary for complex environments. We deliver both, transforming overwhelming cloud data into actionable intelligence.

### Enterprise cloud contract requires specialized expertise

Generalized consultancies and analyst firms lack the technical chops or cloud specialization needed to level the playing field with cloud providers. We negotiate with the cloud providers daily, and our results prove the difference specialized expertise makes.

### Best of the best,
every day

We hire top talent in the market, and they are who you get to work with; no bait-and-switch lunch with the CEO followed by work with rookies. Instead of training up people new to the field, we seek out the hidden experts and turn them loose on your challenges.

## We act as a translator and connector between stakeholders

Duckbill sits at the intersection of vital teams: engineering, finance, FinOps, and procurement. We make sure each team’s needs and desires are reflected equally.

“ As part of the cost modelling, Duckbill came up with a meaningful unit economic KPI for us to use: cost per thousand document views. It’s helped bridge the gap between how Finance perceives what we’re doing and how Engineering and Product perceives it. It just gives us a meeting place in the middle as we talk about costs.”  
R. Tyler Crow  
Director of Platform Engineering, Scribd

### We are trusted by cloud providers, the press, and some of the best companies in
the world

People expect the cloud providers to dislike us, but it’s quite the opposite.! The major cloud providers regularly consult us on our expertise in cloud cost management to help them build better solutions (you might be surprised which AWS features you love today started with Duckbill). We are one of the most trusted companies in this space, as evidenced by our customer logos and press coverage.

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\
This Cloud Computing Billing Expert Is Very Funny. Seriously.](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/technology/corey-quinn-amazon-aws.html) \
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Definitely not an AWS Security Profile: Corey Quinn, a “Cloud Economist” who doesn’t work here](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/definitely-not-an-aws-security-profile-corey-quinn-a-cloud-economist-who-doesnt-work-here/) \
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How multiyear contracts with big business are changing the economics of the cloud](https://www.geekwire.com/2019/multiyear-contracts-big-business-changing-economics-cloud/) \
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10 cloud computing experts you should follow](https://www.techtarget.com/searchcloudcomputing/feature/10-cloud-computing-experts-you-should-follow)

## Tackle your infrastructure spend at the level your enterprise deserves