Beyond Dashboards: How AWS QuickSuite and Vega Cloud Unlock Real FinOps Automation (Ramon Lopez)

In this episode of the Vega Vodcast, we dive into one of the most significant shifts happening in cloud analytics and FinOps: the evolution of AWS QuickSight into AWS QuickSuite.

Cameron Hatten sits down with Ramon Lopez, Principal Solutions Architect at AWS, and Joe Conlin, Director and Solutions Architect at Vega Cloud, to break down how QuickSuite’s new agentic capabilities, workflow automation, and data processing power are transforming the way teams approach cloud cost management.

We explore:
• What QuickSuite actually is and how it expands beyond BI into automation, research agents, and productivity workflows
• How Vega Cloud combines AWS-native capabilities with curated, high-quality billing data to accelerate FinOps maturity
• Why SPICE and QuickSuite’s new data prep features unlock faster, more flexible analysis at enterprise scale
• How teams can move from reactive cost reporting to proactive, workflow-driven FinOps
• Real examples of customer impact, including MSP invoicing automation and multi-cloud data processing
• The “build vs buy” decision, and when AWS native tools make sense versus when a FinOps platform is necessary
• The future of AI for FinOps, including custom agents, enterprise knowledge search, and automated investigations

Whether you're a FinOps practitioner, cloud engineer, MSP, or data leader, this conversation unpacks the real-world value of AWS’s newest analytics stack and how Vega Cloud helps teams operationalize it.

Chapters

00:00 – QuickSuite overview and new capabilities
00:54 – Episode intro with AWS guests
03:08 – From QuickSight to QuickSuite
05:16 – How QuickSuite accelerates analysis
07:16 – Meeting FinOps personas where they are
09:55 – MSP invoicing and customer impact
12:24 – Why curated data matters for AI and automation
14:55 – Real-time reprocessing and performance
19:13 – Build vs Buy: AWS native vs a FinOps platform
22:35 – What’s coming next in QuickSuite
23:14 – AI agents, workflows, and enterprise automation
28:01 – Why workflows are the missing FinOps link
31:11 – Reducing friction in FinOps
33:35 – Dashboards aren’t dead
34:54 – Closing: Vega + AWS “better together”

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