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Cloud cost optimisation
A lower monthly bill, with nothing switched off that matters
Most companies we assess are paying for capacity they never use. Not through carelessness — because capacity gets added during a crunch and never removed, and because no single person owns the number. We find what you are paying for and not using, and remove it without touching what the business depends on.
You may recognise
- Your cloud bill grows faster than your revenue
- Nobody can fully explain last month’s invoice
- You recently raised and need the round to last longer
- Finance and engineering quote different numbers
How the work runs
- 01
Measure actual usage against what you provision
Before anything is changed we establish what your workloads genuinely consume, hour by hour, against what you are billed for. The gap between those two figures is the opportunity, and it is usually larger than anyone expects.
- 02
Remove the waste that carries no risk
Idle instances, oversized databases, unattached storage, forgotten test environments, duplicated logging. These are the changes that save money immediately and cannot break anything, so they go first.
- 03
Right-size what remains to real demand
Workloads that genuinely run are matched to the capacity they actually need, with headroom for peaks rather than for worst-case guesses made years ago.
- 04
Renegotiate what you are committed to
Reserved instances, savings plans, support tiers and vendor contracts are frequently priced for a company you no longer are. We model the commitment that fits your current shape.
- 05
Put guardrails in so it stays fixed
Cost control that decays is not a saving. Budgets, alerts and tagging policies go in as code, so spend stays visible and cannot creep back quietly.
What you get
Line-by-line breakdown of current spend
Ranked savings opportunities with effort and risk
Business case with payback period
Implemented changes, not just recommendations
Cost dashboards and budget alerts
Multi-cloud resilience review
Quarterly review cadence
Common questions
How much can we realistically save on cloud costs?
It depends on the estate, but reductions of 20–45% are typical for companies that have never run a structured cost programme. Enterprises carrying both on-premise and cloud infrastructure often sit higher. The assessment gives you a specific figure for your business rather than a range.
Will cutting costs make our systems less reliable?
No. We separate changes into those that carry no risk — removing capacity nothing uses — and those that need care. The first group is usually the majority of the saving. Anything that touches a production path is staged, tested and reversible.
Do you work with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud?
Yes, all three, as well as mixed estates and on-premise infrastructure. The principles are the same; only the tooling and the pricing models differ.
Is the initial assessment really free?
Yes. It takes about two weeks and you keep the written report whether or not you engage us for the implementation. We do it this way because it is the fastest way for both sides to find out whether there is enough value to justify the work.
How do you charge for the implementation?
Fixed-scope engagements agreed in advance, so you know the cost and expected return before committing. We do not bill by the hour for open-ended discovery.
Start with the free two-week assessment.
You get a written report on where your budget goes and what it would take to reduce it. Yours to keep either way.
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