How We Saved in LATAM $36,130 with AWS and Scaled Without Increasing the Team
When it comes to cloud infrastructure, every CTO’s goal is to optimize costs and scale without overwhelming their IT team. That’s exactly what we achieved in our latest project with a fast-growing startup looking to maximize performance and reduce operational costs on AWS.
Impactful Results: Less Human Work and More Security
One of the most noticeable outcomes of the project was the significant reduction in hours needed to maintain and scale the infrastructure. Fewer DevOps hours, greater efficiency, and enhanced security when accessing the cloud network and improved visibility with the new CI/CD pipelines.
While saving human hours is impressive, another key takeaway is that the startup can now handle more clients without expanding its team. We conservatively calculated the optimization of the IT and DevOps team hours, translating to a value of $28,800 per year.
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Projection: Additional Revenue Without Growing the Team
What if we think optimistically? With this infrastructure optimization, the startup can now handle more clients without adding personnel. This can generate an increase in revenue (ARR), projecting growth in clients that leverage this scalable capacity at a low cost.
AWS Savings: Fewer EC2 Instances, More Optimization?
Of course, optimizing AWS costs was another crucial part of this success. In this project, we modernized EC2 usage towards ECS, eliminating underutilized resources and unnecessary services. This allowed us to reduce AWS costs by 15–20%, translating to an annual savings of $5,330.
Additionally, we leveraged Savings Plans, further reducing costs and allowing the use of spot instances in dev environments. We estimated a 10% reduction in AWS billing, not considering potential traffic increases or new deployments.
Bonus: AWS Credits for Best Practices
At the end of the project, thanks to implementing Well Architected Framework best practices, we were able to qualify the startup for AWS credits. Depending on AWS’s internal criteria, they could receive up to $2,000 or even $5,000 in credits.
Final Summary
Adding everything together, we’re talking about an annual optimization of $36,130, which translates to an 80% ROI. And the best part? These are conservative estimates. The real impact could be even greater!
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If you’re interested in learning more about how this project transformed the startup’s operations, we’re happy to schedule a call with their CTO so you can hear firsthand about the experience.
Ready to optimize and scale without increasing your team? Contact us, and we’ll help you achieve it.
