Overview
What is cloud cost optimisation?
Cloud cost optimisation finds where you pay for cloud resources you do not need: unused servers and storage, servers larger than their workload, and pricing options you are not using. Ants Creation (Pvt) Ltd’s own team reviews your usage and billing with read-only access, under an NDA.
You receive a list of savings in order of size and effort, and we walk through it with your team before anything changes.
What is included
Where are cloud cost savings usually found?
How it works
How does a cloud cost review work?
01
Scope
The accounts and services in scope agreed in writing, alongside an NDA.
02
Access
You grant read-only access to usage and billing.
03
Analyse
We review where the money goes and what could change.
04
Recommend
Savings ranked by size and effort, with what each involves.
05
Agree
We walk through the list with your team; nothing changes without your approval.
Why Ants Creation
Why review your cloud costs with Ants Creation?
Since 2011, Ants Creation has completed 700+ projects for 400+ clients in Sri Lanka and abroad.
Common questions
Cloud cost optimisation: frequently asked questions
Do you need admin access?
No. Read-only access to your cloud usage and billing is enough for Ants Creation’s team to find savings, so the review changes nothing in your accounts. The accounts and services in scope are agreed in writing, alongside an NDA, and any change we recommend is made only after your team approves it.
Will this affect performance?
Each saving is checked against the workload before Ants Creation recommends it, so a server is suggested for a smaller size only if its workload allows, and test systems are scheduled off only when no one is working. We walk through the list of savings with your team, ranked by size and effort, and nothing changes without your approval.
Can you check security at the same time?
Yes. A cloud security assessment by Ants Creation’s own security team reviews the same accounts for exposed storage, over-broad access, weak settings and missing logging. Cost and security problems often sit in the same settings, so the two reviews pair well. One re-check of the fixed security issues is included in the assessment.
Which cloud platforms do you review?
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. Ants Creation’s team reviews usage and billing on the accounts you put in scope, with read-only access, agreed in writing alongside an NDA. On each platform we look for unused resources, servers larger than their workload, data kept in costlier storage than it needs and pricing options you are not using.
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