AWS cost reduction for teams without FinOps

Stop your AWS bill climbing without a clear reason.

For companies spending roughly GBP 10k-GBP 50k a month on AWS without a dedicated FinOps function. Krobonic finds what is driving the increase, removes wasted spend, and puts guardrails in place so the bill stays under control.

Pricing model
Free audit
No savings → No fee
If you proceed, a percentage of realised savings is charged.
Cost Audit - Review ScopeStage 01
Billing breakdown and cost trends
Compute, databases, and platforms
Storage, monitoring, and networking
Data transfer and infrastructure overhead
Discount coverage and committed usage
Tagging strategy and account structure
OutputWhy the bill changed and what to fix first
Executive summary, current spend breakdown, explanation of the main cost increases, and a ranked list of savings opportunities.
Services

Three engagements built around one outcome: a lower, more controlled AWS bill.

Each engagement stands alone, but they are designed to flow together: find why the bill is high, remove the waste, then keep it from creeping back.

01

AWS Cost Audit

Goal - find why the bill is higher than it should be and show where savings are available.

Review areas

  • Billing and spend data
  • Compute
  • Databases
  • Containers and platforms
  • Storage
  • Monitoring
  • Networking and data transfer
  • Committed usage discounts
  • Tagging strategy
  • Account structure

Deliverables

Executive summary

  • Current spend breakdown
  • Key cost drivers
  • Why the bill changed
  • Estimated annual savings

Prioritised recommendations

  • Quick wins
  • Medium-term improvements
  • Long-term governance
02

Implementation Project

Goal - remove the waste identified in the audit and turn it into realised savings.

Activities

Compute

  • Rightsizing
  • Scaling improvements
  • Lower-cost compute options
  • Instance family changes

Database

  • Database rightsizing
  • Engine and deployment recommendations
  • Storage optimisation

Platforms

  • Platform capacity tuning
  • Autoscaling improvements
  • Workload sizing
  • Cluster efficiency

Storage

  • Lifecycle policies
  • Snapshot cleanup
  • Volume optimisation

Governance

  • Budgets & cost alerts
  • Cost allocation tags
  • Cost anomaly detection

Deliverables

  • Implemented changes
  • Before/after comparison
  • Savings report
  • Documentation

Pricing - Gain Share

Savings deliveredGBP 24,000/yr
Fee - 20% of savingsGBP 4,800

You pay a share of what's actually saved - aligned incentives, no upfront risk.

03

Ongoing Cost Control

Goal - stop costs drifting back up after the initial fixes. Most teams become inefficient again within months without ownership and guardrails.

Monthly activities

Cost monitoring

  • Spend analysis & trend monitoring
  • Anomaly investigation

Discount coverage

  • Coverage & utilisation review
  • Purchase recommendations

Governance

  • Tag compliance
  • Budget monitoring
  • Team accountability

Reporting & advice

Monthly report

  • Spend trend
  • Savings achieved
  • Risks identified
  • Recommended actions

Strategic advice on

  • New environments
  • Scaling
  • Kubernetes adoption
  • Architecture choices

Pricing

Ongoing cost controlGBP 500-GBP 2,000/mo

Depending on AWS spend and complexity.

Who this is for

Companies spending GBP 10k-GBP 100k/month on AWS without dedicated cost ownership.

If AWS has become a line item that keeps growing and nobody has time to explain it properly, that is the gap Krobonic fills.

SaaS companies

  • 10-200 employees
  • AWS-based product
  • No dedicated FinOps team

Scale-ups

  • Recent funding round
  • Growing engineering team
  • Cloud spend increasing quickly

SMEs

  • AWS spend becoming noticeable
  • CTO wearing multiple hats
  • No formal cost management process

Common characteristics

  • AWS spend growing quickly
  • No formal cost management process
  • Bills rise faster than the team can explain them
How it works

Start with the bill. Each stage gives you something concrete to reduce or control it.

No long contracts. The audit stands alone, and moving into implementation or ongoing monitoring is always your call.

Stage 01

Free Assessment

The initial audit requires read-only access to AWS billing and cost data. It is a high-level assessment of spend drivers and optimisation potential, not a detailed infrastructure review. If you decide to proceed with optimisation, any additional read-only permissions needed for a detailed infrastructure review are agreed separately.

Stage 02

Paid Engagement

If you decide to proceed, broader read-only access is agreed for the relevant AWS services so a detailed infrastructure review and implementation plan can be produced. Delivery then covers changes such as rightsizing, reserved capacity, lifecycle policies, and tagging, with full documentation and a before/after savings comparison.

Stage 03

Ongoing Cost Control

Monthly cost control - spend monitoring, anomaly detection, discount coverage management, and a written report. Built for teams that want the bill watched properly without hiring a dedicated FinOps function. From GBP 500-GBP 2,000/month depending on spend and complexity.

  • FocusReducing wasted AWS spend
  • BackgroundBackend & DevOps engineering
  • EngagementFixed-scope, short-term
  • Access requiredRead-only, IAM-scoped
  • BasedUK

Built by an engineer who's been on the other side of the bill.

Krobonic is run by Callum, a backend and DevOps engineer who has spent years building and tuning production systems on AWS in budget conscious environments, including the unglamorous work of figuring out why the bill suddenly went up.

That background means recommendations are written the way an engineer would want to receive them: specific, reversible, and explained in terms of what changes and why - not just a vague promise to do FinOps better.

Let your developers focus on building great products, not on the bill.

Get started

Start with a free cost audit - find out what is making the bill grow.

The initial audit requires read-only access to AWS billing and cost data. It is a high-level assessment of spend drivers and optimisation potential, not a detailed infrastructure review. If you decide to proceed with optimisation, any additional read-only permissions needed for a detailed infrastructure review are agreed separately.