RISK 01
Costs cannot be attributed
Teams and products see a total bill, but not which usage or architecture causes it.
Give every cloud dollar a purpose
For growing cloud environments with rising or difficult-to-explain costs
Reduce cloud costs without cutting away stability
When the bill grows faster than revenue or usage, generic savings checklists are of little help. I connect costs to applications and demand so you can stop unnecessary spending while retaining sensible headroom.
30 minutes · directly with Niels · no sales script
8+
years of infrastructure experience
12x
AWS certified
Golden
CNCF Kubestronaut
Direct
access to the expert doing the work
Does this sound familiar?
The largest cost drivers rarely appear in a single line item
Overprovisioning, data transfer, logs, orphaned resources, and unsuitable discounts interact. Without context, savings are made in the wrong place.
RISK 02
Headroom becomes a permanent expense
Capacity for rare peaks runs around the clock because reliable scaling data is missing.
RISK 03
Discounts create premature commitments
Commitments reduce rates but can lock in poor decisions for years.
After the engagement
A savings strategy that accounts for operations
Every recommendation considers effort, risk, and recurring impact. This lets you implement quick wins while addressing structural cost drivers deliberately.
A reliable baseline
Costs are clearly broken down by product, environment, and primary driver.
Prioritized savings
Actions show the expected order of magnitude, effort, and operational risk.
Lasting control
Metrics and clear ownership show early when the same costs come back.
What you receive
A defined scope instead of open-ended consulting days
- ✓Cost baseline and allocation to products and environments
- ✓Unused and oversized resources
- ✓Kubernetes utilization and the relationship between demand and capacity
- ✓Data transfer, NAT, storage, backups, logs, and other ancillary costs
- ✓Suitability of existing or planned commitments
- ✓Quick actions and a structural optimization roadmap
How it works
Three steps to a clear decision
01
STEP 01
Understand the context
We clarify the objective, environment, and current pressure to act. You then know whether the assessment is genuinely a fit.
02
STEP 02
Assess what matters
I review documentation, configuration, and data and speak with the people responsible for the environment.
03
STEP 03
Make decisions
In the readout, we prioritize findings, effort, and next steps together according to business impact.
This is a fit if ...
- ✓Monthly cloud costs are material to the business
- ✓AWS, Kubernetes, or a mixed cloud environment is in production
- ✓Cost and usage data from recent months is available
This is not a fit if ...
- ×You expect a blanket savings guarantee before the data is reviewed
- ×You only want help purchasing Reserved Instances or Savings Plans
You work directly with Niels
The expert in the first call also carries out the assessment
I am Niels Heidbrink. For more than eight years, I have built and operated cloud infrastructure for SaaS companies, software vendors and e-commerce, on AWS, Azure, IONOS and Hetzner. I hold 12 AWS certifications and the CNCF Golden Kubestronaut title.
“Niels works in an extremely structured, efficient, and solution-oriented way. He thinks beyond the immediate task, understands connections quickly, and implements requirements pragmatically and reliably.”
Frequently asked questions
What you should know before the call
How much can we save?+
That can only be assessed responsibly after reviewing costs and usage. The audit quantifies opportunities without promising a blanket percentage.
Will cost optimization put our availability at risk?+
The risk drops when demand, headroom, and failure scenarios are considered together. Every measure is therefore assessed for its operational risk.
Do you earn commission on recommended cloud contracts?+
No. I do not sell cloud resources or receive commission for commitments. Recommendations are based on your needs.
The next step
Let’s find out whether the Cloud Cost Reduction Audit solves your problem
In a free 30-minute call, we discuss your situation. If this assessment is not the right next step, I will tell you openly.
Book a free fit checkNo preparation required · no obligation
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