Cloud Cost Optimization
Your Cloud Bill Is Too High. I Can Cut It 30-50%.
You're burning cash on AWS, GCP, or Azure with no visibility into why. New projects cost 5x what they should. Nobody can explain where the money goes. Every month the bill gets bigger and nobody owns it.
I don't sell you a dashboard. I roll up my sleeves, audit your infrastructure, and make the architectural changes that actually reduce costs. Not recommendations - implementations.
Why Cloud Costs Spiral
No Visibility
Nobody can tell you what you're paying for or why. Resources aren't tagged. Multiple teams deploy without coordination. The bill is a mystery every month.
Zombie Resources
Instances running for projects that ended months ago. Databases nobody uses. S3 buckets accumulating data forever. Nobody remembers what they're for.
Over-Provisioned Everything
Engineers pick large instance sizes "just in case." Databases provisioned for 10x actual load. Nobody ever right-sizes because it feels risky.
Expensive Architecture Patterns
Always-on containers for batch jobs. Lambda for high-volume workloads. Cross-region data transfer nobody noticed. Architecture that ignores cost.
How I Cut Your Costs
Complete Infrastructure Audit
I map every resource across all your accounts. Tag everything for cost allocation. Identify what's actually being used vs. what's forgotten. You'll finally see exactly where your money goes.
Quick Wins (Week 1-2)
Terminate zombie resources. Right-size obvious over-provisioning. Implement reserved instances for predictable workloads. You'll see savings immediately while we work on bigger changes.
Architectural Optimization (Week 3-8)
This is where the real savings come from. Migrate scheduled jobs to serverless. Redesign expensive data pipelines. Consolidate databases. Fix the patterns that are costing you thousands per month.
Governance & Prevention
Set up budgets and alerts so you're never surprised. Implement architecture review processes so expensive patterns don't sneak back in. Create a patterns library for cost-effective solutions.
What I Optimize
Compute
- • EC2 / GCE right-sizing
- • Reserved instance planning
- • Spot instance strategies
- • Container optimization (ECS/EKS)
- • Lambda cost efficiency
Database
- • RDS / Cloud SQL sizing
- • Read replica optimization
- • Aurora Serverless evaluation
- • DynamoDB capacity modes
- • Query performance tuning
Storage
- • S3 lifecycle policies
- • Storage tier optimization
- • Data retention cleanup
- • EBS volume right-sizing
- • Snapshot management
Network
- • Data transfer optimization
- • VPC consolidation
- • NAT Gateway costs
- • CloudFront / CDN setup
- • Cross-region efficiency
Architecture
- • Serverless migrations
- • Batch processing patterns
- • Event-driven redesigns
- • Caching strategies
- • Multi-cloud consolidation
Governance
- • Cost allocation tagging
- • Budget alerts
- • Architecture review process
- • Patterns library
- • Team training
Why This Is Different
What Tools Do
- →Show you dashboards of your costs
- →Generate automated recommendations
- →Suggest right-sizing opportunities
- →Leave implementation to you
- →Charge monthly subscription forever
What I Do
- ✓Implement the changes myself
- ✓Make architectural decisions tools can't
- ✓Fix root causes, not symptoms
- ✓Test changes to ensure no performance impact
- ✓One-time engagement, lasting results
Proven Results
Cost reduction achieved
Most recent engagement
Performance degradation
Across all optimizations
Days to full results
Quick wins in week 1
Case Study: 43% Cloud Cost Reduction
A growing company's cloud costs had spiraled out of control - new projects were seeing 8x cost increases with no explanation. I audited all AWS accounts, identified zombie resources and expensive patterns, and cut monthly spend by 43% while improving performance.
Read the full case study →Frequently Asked Questions
How is this different from tools like CloudZero or Spot.io?
Those tools give you dashboards and recommendations. I actually implement the changes. More importantly, I make architectural decisions - like "this Lambda should be a container" or "your database is over-provisioned because of poor query design." Tools can't do that.
Will optimization impact our application performance?
No. I never sacrifice performance for cost savings. In fact, optimization often improves performance - right-sized resources, better architecture patterns, and cleaned-up configurations frequently make things faster.
How quickly will we see results?
You'll see initial savings within the first month as I identify quick wins. The full 30-50% reduction typically materializes over 60-90 days as we implement architectural improvements.
Do you only work with AWS?
No. I work with AWS, GCP, and Azure. Many companies use multiple clouds - I can optimize across all of them and help you consolidate where it makes sense.
Investment
upfront audit
+ 10% of first-year savings
- ✓Complete infrastructure audit
- ✓Implementation of all optimizations
- ✓Governance setup (tagging, budgets, alerts)
- ✓Aligned incentives - I only win if you save
Stop Burning Money on Cloud Infrastructure
Book a free call. Tell me what you're spending and I'll give you an honest assessment of how much I think we can save - before you commit to anything.
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