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AWS Cost Optimization

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Monthly AWS bill
Illustrative · last 12 months
−46%
Before Thirty11After optimization
Cost breakdown

Ten levers we pull on your bill

Each one targets a different line on your invoice. Most accounts have savings hiding in at least four of them.

#IDLE01

Identify Idle and Underutilized Resources

Idle or underutilized AWS resources, such as EC2 instances or databases, can unnecessarily increase costs. Identifying and managing these resources is essential for cost optimization.

Typical saving
20-40%
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#SIZE02

Right-Sizing of Instances

Matching the instance types and sizes to actual workload requirements, known as right-sizing, helps reduce costs by avoiding over-provisioning.

Typical saving
20-40%
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#COMMIT03

Reserved Instances and Savings Plans

AWS offers discounted pricing for long-term usage through Reserved Instances (RIs) and Savings Plans, which help lower overall costs compared to On-Demand pricing.

Typical saving
30-72%
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#SCALE04

Auto Scaling Optimization

AWS Auto Scaling helps dynamically adjust resource capacity in response to demand, ensuring you pay only for what you need and scale efficiently.

Typical saving
30-50%
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#STORE05

Storage Optimization

Optimizing storage on AWS involves managing data lifecycle policies, storage classes, and eliminating unnecessary data to reduce costs.

Typical saving
30-60%
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#XFER06

Monitor and Control Data Transfer Costs

Data transfer between AWS services or to the internet can result in significant costs. Optimizing data flow and monitoring transfer patterns helps control these expenses.

Typical saving
20-40%
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#ELB07

Optimize Elastic Load Balancers (ELBs)

Elastic Load Balancers (ELBs) distribute incoming traffic across multiple instances, but underutilized or misconfigured ELBs can lead to unnecessary costs.

Typical saving
30-50%
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#ADVISOR08

Leverage AWS Trusted Advisor

AWS Trusted Advisor provides real-time recommendations to help optimize costs, improve performance, and enhance security in your AWS environment.

Typical saving
15-30%
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#LIC09

Optimize Licensing Costs

Managing software licensing costs, especially for third-party applications (e.g., Microsoft, Oracle), is key to controlling overall AWS expenditure.

Typical saving
20-50%
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#ORG10

Consolidated Billing for Multiple Accounts

Consolidated billing allows you to manage multiple AWS accounts under one bill, providing better visibility into spending and enabling savings through volume discounts.

Typical saving
10-30%
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How an engagement runs

From invoice to savings in four steps

  1. Step 01

    Audit

    We read your Cost and Usage Report line by line and map spend to owners, services and environments.

  2. Step 02

    Prioritize

    Every saving is ranked by monthly impact against effort and risk, so quick wins land first.

  3. Step 03

    Implement

    We make the changes with you: rightsizing, commitments, lifecycle rules, schedules and cleanup.

  4. Step 04

    Guard

    Budgets, anomaly alerts and a monthly review keep the bill from drifting back up.

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Find out what your AWS bill is hiding

Reach out to our cloud experts to learn how we can help implement these AWS cost optimization strategies tailored to your specific needs.