62% lower AWS spend. Same performance.
An infrastructure audit removed unused capacity and aligned resources with actual usage, reducing the monthly AWS bill without downtime.
An AWS bill without a map.
The client ran its workloads on AWS across multiple accounts, and the environment had grown organically over time.
No one had a clear picture of what was running, what was still needed, and what was simply burning money. Idle instances, unattached storage and oversized compute were consuming budget without matching actual demand.
An AWS estate without a clear inventory.
The client's Cloud environment had grown organically over time. No one had a clear picture of what was running, what was needed, and what was burning money.
Idle instances, unattached storage and oversized compute were consuming budget.
Resources were right-sized to usage, with monitoring to prevent future drift.
The key decision: Optimize usage before adding capacity.
Audit, right-size and monitor infrastructure.
Optimize usage before adding capacity. The audit identified idle instances, unattached storage and oversized compute, allowing the work to focus on resources that were consuming budget without matching actual demand.
Inventory everything
A comprehensive audit of all cloud resources across accounts, so every cost had an owner and a purpose.
Find the waste
Identified idle instances, unattached storage, oversized compute and redundant services.
Right-size to real usage
Matched infrastructure to actual usage patterns instead of peak guesses, with zero downtime or performance impact.
Keep it that way
Implemented monitoring to catch drift early, so savings did not erode after the engagement.
From inventory to monitored, right-sized infrastructure.
The work moved in one direction: see everything, remove what is not needed, size what remains to demand, and watch for drift.
Lower running costs. No service disruption.
Monthly cost reduction
Reduction in monthly cloud costs after the infrastructure audit.
Zero downtime or performance impact
The case reports no downtime or performance impact during the change.
Ongoing drift monitoring post-engagement
Monitoring continued after the engagement to prevent infrastructure drift.
“We had no idea how much money we were leaving on the table. Software Sushi came in, audited everything, and within weeks we saw a 62% drop in our monthly AWS bill.”
Reported outcomes from the published Software Sushi case study.
What we delivered.
- Resource inventoryA complete view of what was running across accounts.
- Waste findingsIdle instances, unattached storage, oversized compute and redundant services, ready to act on.
- Right-sized infrastructureResources aligned with actual usage, with no downtime.
- Drift monitoringOngoing monitoring that continued after the engagement.
Tools and methods.
- AWS
- Infrastructure audit
- Right-sizing
- Cost monitoring
You cannot optimize what you cannot see.
The largest savings came from visibility, not from new technology. An inventory first, then right-sizing, then monitoring keeps a cloud bill tied to the work it actually supports.
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