aid: strategic-blue
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/strategic-blue.png
name: Strategic Blue
description: >-
  Strategic Blue is a UK-headquartered cloud FinOps company founded in 2010 by
  Dr James Mitchell, a former commodities trader. It specialises in AWS rate
  optimization through commitment management, delivering Reserved Instance and
  Savings Plan savings of up to 40-45% without lock-in, forecasting burden, or
  technical compromise. Strategic Blue treats cloud like a commodity, applying
  price-risk-management techniques from financial markets to optimize AWS
  discounts. Its Automate service serves commercial enterprises while Accelerate
  serves the UK public sector. The company operates on a least-privilege model,
  accessing only cost and usage metadata and never customer cloud environments.
  It is ISO 27001, ISO 9001, and ISO 14001 certified, CSA STAR and Cyber
  Essentials registered, and an AWS Advanced and Google Cloud Premier partner.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/strategic-blue/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- techstars
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- FinOps
- Cloud Cost Management
- AWS
- Rate Optimization
- Cloud
- Reserved Instances
- Savings Plans
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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  url: https://strategic-blue.com/
- type: Portal
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- type: SignUp
  url: https://portal.strategic-blue.com/#/sign-up
- type: Blog
  url: https://strategic-blue.com/resources/blog
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://strategic-blue.com/privacy-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://strategic-blue.com/site-terms-of-use
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/strategic-blue-llms.txt
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/strategic-blue-trust-center.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: security/strategic-blue-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/strategic-blue-domain-security.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/strategic-blue-well-known.yml
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  date: '2026-07-21'
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