AWS Cost Optimisation & FinOps
AWS cost optimisation that pays for itself
Most AWS accounts we look at are paying for things nobody uses: oversized instances, forgotten volumes and snapshots, idle load balancers, chatty NAT gateways and logs kept forever. None of it shows up as an incident, so it quietly grows every month.
A KLYVOX cost review gives you a clear, prioritised list of savings with the effort and risk of each one, then helps your team implement them safely. The goal is a lower bill and a team that can keep it low.
Book a free consultationSigns you need a cost review
- Your AWS bill has grown faster than your customers or traffic
- Nobody can explain the biggest lines on the invoice
- You have never bought Savings Plans or Reserved Instances, or are unsure the ones you have still fit
- Development and test environments run 24/7
- Finance asks for cost per product or customer and engineering cannot answer
How we work
Step 1
Discover
Read-only access to Cost Explorer, Cost and Usage Reports, Compute Optimizer and Trusted Advisor to map where the money goes.
Step 2
Prioritise
A savings report ranking every opportunity by monthly saving, effort and risk, from quick wins to architectural changes.
Step 3
Implement
Right-sizing, Graviton and gp3 migrations, storage lifecycle policies, scheduling for non-production and commitment purchases.
Step 4
Sustain
Tagging standards, budgets and anomaly alerts, and a simple monthly FinOps routine so savings do not drift back.
What you get
- Prioritised savings report with estimated monthly impact
- Savings Plan and Reserved Instance recommendations
- Cost allocation tagging strategy
- AWS Budgets and Cost Anomaly Detection set up
- Hands-on implementation support for your team
Frequently asked questions
How much can we expect to save?
It depends on how the account has grown. Accounts that have never been reviewed usually have meaningful quick wins; we estimate savings for each item before any work starts so you can decide what is worth doing.
Do you need admin access to our AWS account?
No. The review uses read-only billing and resource access. Changes are made by your team or by us under your change process.
Will optimisation affect performance or reliability?
Every recommendation includes the risk and how to validate it. We favour changes that are reversible and measured, such as right-sizing based on real utilisation data.
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