Assessments

Cost Optimization Scan

The AWS Cost Review under the name assessment buyers use: 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.

From $4,500 fixed Five to seven days Read-only access
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What we examine

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 $4,500 fixed. Five to seven days from read-only access to walkthrough. Exact price confirmed in the 30-minute scoping call based on spend and account count.

What you walk away with

Deliverables, not impressions

Ranked savings backlog Every finding with an estimated monthly dollar figure, effort rating, risk-of-change rating, and the first step — ranked by savings per unit of effort and risk. CSV plus written report.
Board-ready narrative A written explanation of what drove the bill’s growth, in language a budget owner can forward without translating.
Commitment strategy Savings Plan / Reserved sizing against the post-cleanup baseline, with the buy-after-cleanup sequencing stated in writing.
90-day re-score The same backlog re-scored at a check-in: what was captured, what remains, what new waste appeared.
How it runs

Five to seven days, start to walkthrough

  1. 1
    Days 1–2 — access and history

    Read-only access live; twelve months of CUR and Cost Explorer history pulled and normalized.

  2. 2
    Days 3–5 — the backlog

    Findings identified, verified against utilization data, dollar-estimated, and ranked.

  3. 3
    Days 6–7 — report and walkthrough

    Backlog and narrative delivered; 60-minute walkthrough; access revoked.

Fit

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. The full engagement detail and the sample backlog excerpt (PDF) are on the Cost Optimization page.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is this the same as your AWS Cost Review?

Yes — same engagement, same price, listed here under the name assessment buyers search for. The sample backlog excerpt published on the cost page is exactly what this produces.

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.

A ranked list beats a hunch

Thirty minutes to scope it, a written fixed price within 24 hours, and a start date you can plan around.

Book the Scoping Call

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