# Cost-effective resources
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| ADVCOST02: How are you optimizing the costs associated with your bidding resources while providing the fastest performance? | 
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 Cost optimization isn't just about reducing costs, but about providing the performance required at the lowest possible cost. 

**Topics**
+ [ADVCOST02-BP01 Use ARM processors for faster and more cost-effective bidder nodes](advcost02-bp01.md)
+ [ADVCOST02-BP02 Use compression to reduce network traffic and storage costs](advcost02-bp02.md)
+ [ADVCOST02-BP03 Use provisioned resource allocation for campaigns with predictable capacity, and use dynamic allocation for unexpected capacity](advcost02-bp03.md)
+ [ADVCOST02-BP04 Use Spot Instances for cost-effective bidding-as-a-service workloads with flexible fault-tolerance mechanisms](advcost02-bp04.md)