AWS Cost Reduction
Your Cost and Usage Report read line by line, producing a ranked savings backlog with a dollar estimate per item — a list your team can execute without us.
Where AWS bills actually leak
- The Cost and Usage Report line by line — what changed, when, and what owns each dollar of growth
- Idle, oversized, and legacy-generation resources with no workload justification
- Commitment coverage — Savings Plans and Reserved Instances sized to the post-cleanup floor, never before it
- Storage posture — snapshot sprawl, lifecycle-less S3 growth, gp2-to-gp3 and tiering opportunities
- Data-transfer paths — NAT gateway traffic, cross-AZ chatter, and egress that a VPC endpoint would eliminate
The mechanics
Read-only access to Cost Explorer, the CUR, and CloudWatch — no agents, no production access. One 30-minute kickoff and a 60-minute walkthrough are the only meetings.
From $5,000 fixed for a single payer account, up to $50,000/month of AWS spend and about five accounts. Larger estates get a fixed quote on the scoping call. Five to seven days from read-only access to walkthrough.
Deliverables, not impressions
Five to seven days, start to walkthrough
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Days 1–2 — access and history
Read-only access live; twelve months of CUR and Cost Explorer history pulled and normalized.
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Days 3–5 — the backlog
Findings identified, verified against utilization data, dollar-estimated, and ranked.
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Days 6–7 — report and walkthrough
Backlog and narrative delivered; 60-minute walkthrough; access revoked.
Book this one when
- The AWS bill jumped and nobody can explain exactly why
- Spend has grown quarter over quarter without an owner, and finance is asking engineering for answers
- You suspect meaningful waste but need dollar figures and a ranked list before anyone will fund the cleanup
Bill spike specifically? That scenario, end to end — and the sample backlog excerpt (PDF) shows exactly what this produces. When the backlog lands, the natural next step is Operate & Optimize — a monthly block that keeps the savings from growing back.
Frequently asked questions
Do you charge a percentage of savings?
No. Gain-share pricing rewards finding waste slowly and charges you rent on your own cleanup. The price is fixed; the backlog is yours; your team can execute all of it without us.
What if you don’t find enough to justify the fee?
The scoping call is where we tell you honestly whether your spend profile is likely to be worth it. Below roughly $15k/month of spend, the math usually favors the free AWS tools first — and we will say so before you commit.
What access do you need?
Read-only: Cost and Usage Report, Cost Explorer, and CloudWatch. No production access, no agents, revocation is one action.
What if we’re bigger than the cap?
The cap is what the fixed $5,000 floor honestly covers. Larger estates aren’t declined — they’re scoped on the call and quoted as a fixed price before work starts.
What happens after the backlog lands?
Your team executes it — that is the default, and the backlog is written so you can, with the first step stated per item. If you would rather have it worked down monthly, that is the Operate & Optimize retainer. An option, never an obligation.
A ranked list beats a hunch
The price is published and the access is read-only. Thirty minutes to confirm fit — larger estates get a written fixed quote within 48 hours — and a start date you can plan around.
Book the Scoping Call