How we cut a client’s cloud bill by 35%
Cloud bills creep up quietly. Here’s the practical checklist we used to cut one client’s costs by more than a third — with zero downtime.
The slow leak
Most cloud bills aren’t expensive because of one big thing — they’re expensive because of dozens of small, forgotten ones. Idle servers, oversized instances, unused storage, and no auto-scaling all add up.
Right-sizing first
We started by matching server sizes to actual usage. Many were running at 10% capacity but billed at 100%. Right-sizing alone saved nearly 20%.
Auto-scaling & scheduling
Instead of paying for peak capacity 24/7, we set infrastructure to scale up under load and down when quiet — and switched off non-production environments overnight.
The result
A 35% lower bill, faster deploys, and zero downtime during the changes. The savings paid for the project many times over in the first year.
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