Industry: SaaS
Client Size: $10M ARR SaaS company, running 500+ AWS EC2 instances

Challenge

The client faced rising AWS costs ($1.2M/year) due to:
❌ Over-provisioned EC2 instances with underutilized compute
❌ Expensive EBS & S3 storage tiers
❌ No real-time cost monitoring system

Solution

We conducted a Cloud Cost Audit and implemented:

🔹 Compute Optimization:

• Identified underutilized EC2 instances using AWS CloudWatch metrics
• Migrated workloads to AWS Graviton2 EC2 (reduced costs by 20%)
• Used Kubernetes (EKS) Auto-Scaling to dynamically adjust resources

🔹 Storage Optimization:

• Compressed & deduplicated S3 objects (saved 30% on storage)
• Automated S3 tiering (moved infrequently accessed data to Glacier Deep Archive)
• Reduced EBS snapshot costs using Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager

🔹 Networking & Database Cost Reduction:

• Implemented AWS Savings Plans & Reserved Instances for 3-year commitments
• Migrated RDS MySQL to Aurora Serverless (cutting database costs by 40%)
• Eliminated unnecessary data transfer costs by optimizing VPC endpoints

Results

✅ 38% reduction in AWS costs ($456K annual savings)
✅ 25% better cloud performance (faster deployments)
✅ Achieved 99.99% uptime with cost-efficient architecture

📌 Tech Stack: AWS EC2 (Graviton2), Kubernetes (EKS), AWS S3, Glacier, RDS Aurora Serverless, AWS CloudWatch, AWS Cost Explorer

🔹 “They helped us save nearly half a million dollars while improving performance!” – [Client Testimonial]