# Cost Efficiency

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

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Comparative Analysis](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/comparative-analysis.md) and before [Dynamic Capacity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/dynamic-capacity.md).

## Category

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

## Reinforced by

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

## Linked from

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