Patent attributes
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for optimizing application configurations in a provider network are disclosed. An application description is determined that comprises one or more resource utilization characteristics of an application. Automated analysis is performed of a plurality of potential configurations for the application based at least in part on the application description. The automated analysis comprises scoring at least a portion of the potential configurations based at least in part on a scoring function. A recommended configuration for the application is determined based at least in part on the automated analysis. The recommended configuration comprises a type and number of computing resources in a multi-tenant provider network.