For Engineering Teams
Stop context-switching
into cloud costs.
You know there's waste in AWS. But your backlog is full and cost optimization keeps getting pushed. We do the work so your team can focus on building.
db.r5.2xlarge → db.r5.largeWe get it
Cost optimization is important.
But never urgent.
Features always win
You know that dev environment is still running. But the PM needs the feature shipped by Friday.
AWS billing is a maze
Even if you had time, understanding what's actually costing money takes hours.
Finance is asking questions
Someone wants to know why the bill went up. Now you're investigating instead of building.
What you get
Someone else does
the cost work.
We handle analysis, recommendations, and implementation. You review and approve. That's it.
Get your time back
Stop spending hours investigating "why did the bill go up?" We surface answers automatically.
Changes in code
We implement through Terraform or CloudFormation when possible. Versioned, reviewable, reversible.
Full visibility
Every recommendation comes with evidence. You see exactly what we found and what we propose.
Nothing without approval
We don't touch anything until you say so. High-risk changes get extra scrutiny. You stay in control.
Security
We're a partner,
not a watchdog.
We're here to help you look good, not report on your team. And we take security seriously.
Read-only AWS access
Cross-account IAM roles with read-only permissions. We see resources, not data.
No access to sensitive data
We can't read S3 contents, secrets, parameter store, or database data.
Changes require approval
Nothing gets implemented without your explicit sign-off.
Implemented in code
Changes go through your IaC when possible. Everything versioned and reversible.
What we find
The stuff that slips
through the cracks.
Zombie projects
Infrastructure for cancelled projects still running.
Dev environments 24/7
Staging running nights and weekends when no one's using it.
Oversized instances
Provisioned large "just in case" but running at 10% utilization.
Orphaned resources
EBS volumes and snapshots left behind after termination.
Previous-gen types
Old instance types that cost more and perform worse.
Unoptimized storage
S3 without lifecycle policies, old snapshots, uncompressed logs.
The bottom line
We make you look good.
When finance asks "why did spend go up?" you'll have the answer in 30 seconds. When leadership asks about optimization, you can point to real savings delivered.
We handle the cost hygiene so you can focus on what you were hired to do.
Get back to building
See how SmartSpend can take cost optimization off your plate while keeping you in control.