Cloud Cost Optimization
A growing cloud environment offers flexibility and speed. But without proper management, your cloud costs can just as easily rise along with it.
SUE helps organizations set up their cloud environments in a smarter, more efficient, and more cost-effective way. We take a deep dive into your infrastructure, identify unnecessary costs, and address the root cause.
Don't just look for ways to save money; understand why your cloud costs so much.
From Insight to Tangible Savings
We don't believe in a report that just ends up in a drawer.
That is why we combine analysis with technical implementation. We identify areas for improvement, work with you to determine priorities, and then help you actually implement the optimizations.
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Analysis
First, understand what's happening.
We’ll start with a deep dive into your cloud environment. We’ll analyze your infrastructure, cloud spending, workloads, and architecture. Among other things, we’ll look at: EC2 and other compute resources Database configurations Storage and storage tiers Data transfer and CloudFront Serverless versus provisioned infrastructure Unused and over-provisioned resources AWS Savings Plans and Reserved Instances This gives us a clear picture of where your money is going and where the biggest opportunities lie.
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Strategy
From findings to a concrete plan.
Not every cost-saving measure is worth implementing. That’s why we examine both the technical and business impacts. We determine which optimizations yield the greatest returns, what risks are involved, and what’s needed to implement them. From simple quick wins to structural changes in your architecture.
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Implementation
Save money by actually doing it.
Good advice is only valuable if it delivers results. That’s why our cloud engineers help with implementation. This includes removing unused resources, right-sizing workloads, or adjusting the architecture wherever it can be made smarter and more efficient. We ensure that optimizations don’t just exist on paper, but are visible in your cloud environment.
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Optimize
Cloud optimization doesn't stop after a single analysis.
Your cloud environment is constantly changing. New workloads are added, usage patterns shift, and technology evolves. That’s why we help you make cost management an integral part of your cloud management strategy. Through monitoring, periodic reviews, and knowledge transfer, we ensure that your team can make increasingly better decisions on its own. Show. Do together. Do yourself.
Where does your cloud budget go?
Cloud costs are often difficult to understand. Resources are added, workloads change, and architectures evolve along with the organization. What was once a logical choice may now be unnecessarily expensive.
That's why we look beyond just your invoice.
We analyze your cloud architecture, workloads, and usage patterns to identify areas where your environment can be more efficient—from over-provisioned resources and unused capacity to poor architectural choices and untapped contract benefits.
The result: a cloud environment that better meets your organization's actual needs.
Where, specifically, can we cut costs?
Unused resources
Resources that are no longer in use sometimes continue to run for months. We identify unused resources and provide insight into their costs. This allows you to clean up specific areas without affecting important workloads.
Right-sizing
Purchasing too much capacity is one of the most common causes of unnecessary cloud costs. We analyze your actual usage of resources such as CPU and memory and determine which instance types are better suited to your workloads.
You pay for what you need—not for what you might have needed at some point.
Optimizing Architecture
Sometimes the biggest savings aren’t found in a different instance, but in the architecture itself. We’ll assess whether your current technology is still a good fit for your workload. Consider, for example, the choice between serverless and provisioned infrastructure, different database solutions, or other ways to design workloads more efficiently.
The right architecture for the right workload.
Commitments
AWS offers several ways to achieve ongoing cost savings on workloads you use consistently. We help you analyze and manage Savings Plans and Reserved Instances so you don’t miss out on any savings—without locking yourself into unnecessary commitments.
Application Throughput
Not every cloud bill goes up with increased usage. Sometimes your organization is simply paying for inefficient workloads. By improving application performance and throughput, the same infrastructure can handle more work. That means fewer resources are needed to achieve the same results.
Make cloud costs part of your engineering
Cloud cost optimization isn't just a financial issue.
The choices that developers, engineers, and architects make today will largely determine what you pay tomorrow.
That's why we not only help you reduce your AWS bill, but also help foster cost awareness within your engineering teams.
So that costs aren't a surprise later on, but rather an integral part of how you build and manage your cloud.
What are the benefits?
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Lower cloud costs Less waste and better use of existing resources.
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Greater insight: You know where your cloud budget is going and why.
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A More Efficient Architecture Your infrastructure is better aligned with your workloads and growth plans.
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More control for your team Your engineers will gain the knowledge and tools they need to make better cloud decisions on their own.
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Room for Growth Cost savings can be reinvested in innovation, new products, and further growth.
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Innovators at heart
We are SUE, Netherlands’ most experienced cloud-native solution provider, supporting technology driven organizations with their digital transformation since 1997.
Our highly technical experts are innovators at heart and help our customers to innovate faster in their business. Our approach is rooted in efficiency (automate everything) and quality (first-time right). This mindset, driven by our DNA, naturally attracts customers where software is vital to their operations and who are eager to reach the next level.
We specialize in designing, building, and managing Cloud and IT infrastructures, offering a range of consultancy, professional, and managed services. In addition to our services, we provide innovative, in-house developed software solutions to allow our customers to modernize, deploy and run their business applications in any cloud, accelerating time-to-value and improving Developer Experience.
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