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AWS Cost and Waste Review

Locate orphaned resources, unoptimised storage tiers, over-provisioned compute, and missing budget governance across your AWS estate.

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Pragmatic, evidence-led review targeting unneeded and orphaned resources.

Engagement Guardrails

  • Delivered directly by Shaun Estcourt (AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate)
  • Strictly read-only access for assessments; zero root credential handling
  • Plain-English findings report with evidence referenced to AWS resource IDs

Overview & Operational Context

AWS makes provisioning effortless, which often leads to accumulated architectural waste: unattached volumes, forgotten snapshots, oversized instances, and unnecessary inter-AZ transfer charges. This review provides an objective, data-backed analysis of your current utilisation to pinpoint avoidable costs without compromising application stability.

Technical Scope

What we inspect and evaluate

Every review is tailored to your architecture while maintaining systematic rigor across primary risk vectors.

1

Idle & Orphaned Resources

Detection of unattached Elastic IPs, disassociated EBS volumes, obsolete load balancers, and unreferenced snapshots.

2

Compute Sizing & Utilisation

Analysis of EC2 and ECS instance utilisation metrics to highlight chronically under-utilised or oversized compute instances.

3

Storage Lifecycle & Tiering

Review of Amazon S3 storage classes, Intelligent-Tiering opportunities, lifecycle expiration policies, and Glacier archives.

4

Networking & Data Transfer Out

Identification of cross-AZ traffic overhead, NAT Gateway data processing costs, and unoptimised VPC endpoint configurations.

5

Cost Visibility & Tagging Governance

Assessment of cost allocation tags, AWS Cost Categories, and billing visibility across environments and departments.

6

Budget Controls & Anomaly Detection

Review of AWS Budgets, AWS Cost Anomaly Detection alerts, and early-warning tripwires for unexpected spend spikes.

What you will understand afterwards

Where current AWS spend is being consumed by dormant or unutilised infrastructure
Actionable areas where configuration changes can reduce ongoing operational waste
How your compute sizing compares with actual workload CPU, memory, and I/O demands
Governance controls needed to prevent unexpected cloud expenditure in the future

Typical Deliverables

AWS Cost and Waste Analysis Report highlighting specific resource waste
Actionable waste remediation checklist with estimated resource impacts
Tagging and governance framework guidance for ongoing visibility
Findings walkthrough reviewing technical trade-offs before any changes

Start a discussion about your environment

Discuss your AWS setup directly with Shaun Estcourt to determine whether this service is the right fit.

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