Cost Efficiency Unlocked: Rapid AWS Audit for a Compliance Platform
Our client, a digital credentialing platform serving energy and construction sectors, faced increasing AWS complexity and growing costs. With over 10 AWS accounts, limited internal bandwidth, and fragmented infrastructure visibility, they needed a fast, expert-led assessment. We delivered a low-effort, high-impact optimization strategy — reducing costs, improving scalability, and handing off automation tools for future use.
Success Highlights
- 16% reduction in monthly AWS spend
- $5.5K savings with no upfront commitment
- 50% faster assessment delivered
Key Details
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Industry: Workforce Compliance / Supply Chain
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Geographies: US
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Platform: Multi-account cloud environment
Business Challenge
The client’s AWS usage had scaled rapidly across business units, but cost governance and efficiency lagged behind.
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Fragmented Cloud Landscape: 10+ AWS accounts lacked centralized visibility; some were inactive or underutilized.
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Cost and Scalability Uncertainty: No reliable way to assess whether infrastructure was right-sized or future-ready.
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Limited Internal Bandwidth: Small infra team couldn’t support deep optimization in a fast-evolving architecture.
Our Solution Approach
We performed a rapid, code-assisted AWS audit and delivered automated tools and advisory insights for sustainable cost governance.
Evaluate Infrastructure Across 10 AWS Accounts
Deployed a cloud architect and DevOps expert to audit active accounts, using in-house automation scripts to identify idle services, sizing mismatches, and usage anomalies.
Build a Strategic Cost Optimization Plan
Segmented accounts by activity, advised right-sizing EC2 instances, and recommended Reserved Instances or Savings Plans for predictable workloads — prioritizing low-risk, no-upfront options.
Deliver Custom Cost Control Scripts
Built and handed off two automation tools: • Cost Optimization Analyzer — surfaces recurring savings opportunities • Instance Shutdown Scheduler — safely pauses resources during off-hours
Provide ROI-Driven Savings Recommendations
After evaluating two projected savings scenarios, the client opted for the no-upfront Savings Plan—offering approximately $4K in monthly savings without requiring a $178K capital investment. This approach ensured faster ROI and greater financial flexibility.
Technical Highlights
- Multi-account audit via AWS CLI and automation scripts
- EC2 instance right-sizing across environments
- Reserved Instance & Savings Plan cost modeling
- Custom Lambda-based instance scheduler for off-peak shutdowns
- Tag-based filtering for dormant vs. critical workloads Documentation for internal adoption of cost control tools IAM policy review and governance setup Cost Explorer + CloudWatch integration for ongoing monitoring
function runCloudAudit(accounts):
for account in accounts:
usageSummary = auditResources(account)
if usageSummary.status == "Dormant":
flagForShutdown(account)
else: recommendRightSizing(account.resources)
suggestSavingsPlan(account)
generateAutomationScripts()
deliverDocumentationToClient()
return "Audit Complete with Recommendations"Business Outcomes
Our rapid cloud assessment delivered measurable impact across cost, speed, and long-term scalability.
monthly AWS cost reduction with minimal infrastructure change
consulting cost recouped in first month of savings
faster assessment delivery than the projected time
- Automation tools now enable internal teams to self-audit and optimize Audit process scalable to new accounts as platform grows