# Cost Efficiency

> The degree to which a system delivers its work at the lowest resource cost.

Record: `lex:cost-efficiency`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-cost-efficiency

## category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## referenced-by

- [Elasticity](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/elasticity.md)