Spending baseline
A view of major cost drivers, usage patterns and allocation gaps, with limitations in the available data made clear.
AWS cost optimization
Understand your AWS bill.
Make better cost decisions.
Growing AWS spend should be explainable. We help SMEs and mid-sized businesses in Thailand and ASEAN connect costs to workloads, identify practical improvements and evaluate changes against performance and operational needs.
Discuss AWS costsTurn billing data into decisions.
We agree the accounts, review period and available data before starting. A cost optimization engagement can include:
Prioritized opportunities
A review of resource sizing, idle capacity, storage and transfer costs, ranked by potential value, effort and risk.
Commitment options
An assessment of suitable Savings Plans or reservation options based on eligible usage, existing commitments and expected changes.
Action and measurement plan
Named owners, approval steps and a way to compare results while accounting for changes in demand or service levels.
Review first. Change with context.
Set the baseline
Understand business priorities and agree access to relevant billing, inventory and utilization information.
Investigate the drivers
Connect spending to workloads and compare usage with capacity, including peak periods and recovery requirements.
Evaluate the trade-offs
Discuss recommendations, confidence levels and potential effects on performance, availability or engineering effort.
Validate approved changes
Implement only the agreed changes, check workload behaviour and review actual costs against the baseline.
Illustrative review example · Not a customer result
A lower bill is only part of the decision.
A sample of questions a review might investigate. An opportunity is validated before it becomes a change.
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| Opportunity | Proposed review | Trade-off to check |
|---|---|---|
| Underused compute | Compare utilization and peak demand | Performance headroom |
| Growing storage | Check retention and access patterns | Retrieval time and recovery needs |
| Steady eligible usage | Model commitment coverage | Future demand and flexibility |
Illustrative review topics. Findings depend on your environment and actual usage.
Questions about optimizing AWS costs.
Can you guarantee a percentage saving?
No. Opportunities depend on current usage, architecture and commitments. Any estimate needs stated assumptions; actual costs are checked after approved changes and adjusted for changes in demand.
Could optimization affect performance?
Yes. Smaller resources or different storage choices involve trade-offs. Recommendations should reflect peak demand, recovery needs and testing requirements, with approval before production changes.
Do we have to buy Savings Plans or reservations?
No. These involve commitments and are considered only after reviewing suitable usage, existing coverage and future plans. Resource changes may be appropriate before making a purchase.
What access does a review require?
The review begins with agreed access to billing and usage information, using read-only permissions where suitable. Implementation access is handled separately; your business retains control of accounts and purchase approvals.
How are the scope and review fee determined?
The number of accounts, services, data history and investigation depth affect the scope. We agree the review deliverables and commercial terms; implementation and recurring reviews are defined separately where needed.
Your first step
Discuss an AWS cost review.
Tell us what changed in your bill and what your team needs to understand. We can then define a review scope, data requirements and proposed outputs.
Discuss AWS costsHelpful for our first conversation
- A recent cost summary with sensitive details removed
- The workloads or accounts you want to review
- Known growth plans and existing pricing commitments