I'll cut 15-40% off your AWS bill in 3 days. $500 flat.
Send me your last invoice + Cost Explorer CSV. I run the 20 patterns of AWS waste (idle EBS, oversized RDS, NAT egress, old AMIs, unused EIPs, gp2→gp3, Spot eligibility, RI/SP opportunities) against your usage and deliver a one-page action list with exact aws cli remediation commands. You implement, you save, you pay. If I find < $500/mo in savings, you pay nothing.
What you get
The deliverable
- One-page PDF — no fluff "executive summary"
- Ranked list of waste line items with $$ impact
- Exact
aws clicommand for each fix (copy-paste) - Spot/Reserved/Savings Plan analysis with break-even calc
- 30-min Zoom debrief if you want to walk through it
What this isn't
- Not a full architecture review (that's a separate $2k engagement)
- Not SOC2/security audit (different service)
- Not ongoing managed services
- Not a "rebuild your infra" consulting pitch
- Pure waste-finding. Surgical, time-boxed, cheap.
The 20 patterns I run against your usage
| # | Pattern | Typical saving |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Idle/unattached EBS volumes (snapshot + delete) | $50-500/mo |
| 2 | gp2 → gp3 migration (zero-downtime) | 20% on EBS |
| 3 | Oversized RDS instances (rightsize with CloudWatch percentile) | 30-60% on RDS |
| 4 | Idle RDS instances (stop/snapshot) | Full instance cost |
| 5 | NAT Gateway egress (replace with VPC endpoint where possible) | $50-2,000/mo |
| 6 | Unused Elastic IPs (still charged when unattached) | $3.60/EIP/mo |
| 7 | Old AMIs + their EBS snapshots (cleanup) | $0.05/GB/mo |
| 8 | Stale CloudWatch log groups (set retention) | $0.50/GB/mo |
| 9 | Untagged dev/staging resources running 24×7 | 50% on dev infra |
| 10 | Spot-eligible workloads on On-Demand | 70% on eligible compute |
| 11 | Reserved Instance / Savings Plan opportunity (1y, no upfront) | 25-40% on stable workloads |
| 12 | S3 lifecycle policies (IA / Glacier for cold data) | 50-90% on cold S3 |
| 13 | Duplicate S3 buckets across regions (consolidate or replicate properly) | Avoid egress charges |
| 14 | Old EBS snapshots from rotated AMI pipelines | $0.05/GB/mo |
| 15 | CloudFront vs S3 direct for static assets | CDN cheaper for > 1TB |
| 16 | DynamoDB on-demand → provisioned (for predictable workloads) | 40-70% on DDB |
| 17 | Lambda over-provisioned memory (cost vs duration sweet spot) | 20-50% on Lambda |
| 18 | Data Transfer charges across AZs (review architecture) | $0.01/GB → $0/GB if reorganized |
| 19 | ECR images never pulled (cleanup, lifecycle policies) | $0.10/GB/mo |
| 20 | EKS nodes with cluster autoscaler misconfigured (idle nodes) | $50-1,000/mo on EKS |
How it works
- You email me your AWS account ID + most recent monthly invoice PDF + Cost Explorer CSV export (instructions for the export are in the welcome email)
- I create a read-only IAM role in your account (you give me a 7-day STS assume-role token — I provide the exact CloudFormation template). I do NOT need root or admin access.
- 72 hours later, you get the PDF + 30-min Zoom slot link if you want to walk through
- You pay $500 after delivery — Razorpay/Stripe link. If the audit shows < $500/mo in identified savings, you pay nothing
- You implement the fixes at your pace. Each remediation has the exact
aws clicommand.
Who this is for
- SMBs spending $2k-50k/mo on AWS — below $2k, the audit doesn't return enough to justify; above $50k you should hire a FinOps consultant proper
- Startup CTOs who know AWS is bloated but don't have time to sit with Cost Explorer for a week
- Anyone who's never optimized their bill — month 1 savings are usually the biggest, dropping in subsequent months
Who this isn't for
- You're already running CloudHealth/Apptio/nOps — your bill is already optimized
- Your monthly bill is < $1k — switch off resources manually, you don't need an audit
- You want ongoing managed services — I do one-shot audits, not retainer work
Why I can do this
I'm Manjunath G — I published the AWS SAA-C03 practice book (700+ questions, available on Amazon), run protodex.io (security index of 9,640+ MCP servers), and have operated AWS in production for ~7 years across SMB and startup stacks. I know where the waste hides because I've stopped paying for it in my own bills.
Want me to audit your AWS bill?
Reply with your account ID + monthly spend tier. I'll send the data-collection instructions same-day.
📧 Email me to start →FAQ
How do you guarantee no fee if savings < $500/mo?
If the audit identifies less than $500 in identified monthly savings, I send you the audit anyway and you owe nothing. No invoice gets generated. I track this myself; if you feel the savings claim is inflated, push back and I'll re-do the math with you on Zoom.
What if I implement only some of the recommendations?
Fee is flat $500 regardless of how much you implement. The deliverable is the audit, not the implementation. Some recommendations might require code/architecture changes you don't want to make — that's fine, skip them.
Do I need to share root credentials?
No, never. I provide a CloudFormation template that creates a read-only IAM role with these permissions: ce:Get*, ec2:Describe*, rds:Describe*, s3:GetBucketLocation, s3:ListAllMyBuckets, cloudwatch:GetMetric*, cloudwatch:ListMetrics, logs:Describe*. You can audit the template before deploying.
Can you also implement the fixes for me?
For the simple ones (delete unused EBS, set log retention, attach EIPs), yes — I can do a follow-on implementation pass at $100/hour with a 4-hour cap ($400 max). For anything that touches running production resources, you do it yourself with my exact commands. I won't take responsibility for downtime caused by changes to your production infra.
How is this different from AWS Trusted Advisor / Cost Explorer?
Trusted Advisor catches the obvious 5-10 things and stops. Cost Explorer shows you the data but doesn't tell you what to do. My audit combines both into a prioritized action list with the actual commands. Plus I look at things AWS doesn't surface (e.g., NAT egress patterns, cross-AZ data transfer, dev resources running 24×7).
Why is this so cheap?
Productized service — I run the same 20-pattern checklist against every account, automated where possible. Real FinOps consulting starts at $5k. This is a fixed-scope, fixed-output, fixed-fee version for SMBs that don't need (or can't afford) the enterprise version.