Stop paying for AWS you don't use.
Sherpa finds the idle, oversized and outdated resources on your AWS bill, puts a monthly dollar value on the savings it finds, and hands your team the fix.
After you sign up, a member of the Sherpa team contacts you within one business day to discuss your AWS environment and the right way to start.
What's idle, and what's open to the internet?
$1,240 a month idle. 3 security groups open to the internet.
Idle
| What | Count | Monthly cost |
|---|---|---|
| Unattached storage volumes | 14 | $736 |
| Idle load balancers | 1 | $412 |
| Idle servers | 1 | $92 |
Open to the internet
| Security group rule | Count |
|---|---|
| SSH (port 22) from anywhere | 2 |
| RDP (port 3389) from anywhere | 1 |
What went up in the last 30 days?
Up $5,550 on the 30 days before.
| Service | Change |
|---|---|
| Amazon EC2 | +$3,410 |
| Data transfer | +$1,260 |
| Amazon RDS | +$880 |
How much should we commit to Savings Plans?
$18.40 an hour, 1 year, saves $6,120 a month.
| Plan | Commitment | Monthly saving |
|---|---|---|
| Compute Savings Plan | $14.20 an hour | $4,730 |
| Database Savings Plan | $4.20 an hour | $1,390 |
From your AWS bill to money back, in four steps.
Where is our AWS money leaking?
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Running for nobody
Storage, load balancers and servers nobody uses, still billed every month.
14 unattached volumes · $736 a month
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Bigger than needed
Servers and databases sized for a peak that never comes.
15 servers one size too big · $3,140 a month
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Older and pricier
Workloads that cost less on newer instance types (Graviton), newer storage (gp3) or supported database versions.
8 servers m5 → m7g · $1,730 a month
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Full price for steady use
Steady usage still on on-demand rates. Sherpa sizes Savings Plans on the spend left after the cleanup.
Compute Savings Plan · saves $4,730 a month
Containers too: idle EKS and ECS clusters, and oversized ECS and Fargate tasks.
What does a fix look like?
- Fixes come as steps, AWS CLI commands, and CloudFormation or Terraform.
- Resolve or dismiss each finding. Sherpa keeps your decision on record.
- Sherpa never applies a fix; your team does.
Why does our AWS bill keep growing?
1 in 3
IT leaders say over half their cloud spend is wasted.
Source: VMware Private Cloud Outlook 2025
20–30%
is what companies that manage cloud costs well cut.
Source: McKinsey, 2023
No. 1
cutting waste is FinOps teams' top priority.
Source: FinOps Foundation, State of FinOps 2026
Spend grows with every new workload. Without a FinOps team, nobody reviews it.
Get started Find your number this month.
One-time FinOps Assessment.
Our team reviews 30 days of your AWS cost and walks your leaders through the savings. One fixed fee, set by your monthly AWS spend.
See the assessmentThe Sherpa platform.
Our team sets up your account and connects AWS with you. Then you ask your own cost questions and get answers from your own data.
Sign upAfter you sign up, a member of the Sherpa team contacts you within one business day to discuss your AWS environment and the right way to start.
AWS cost questions we get asked.
How much can we save on AWS?
Companies that manage cloud costs well cut them by as much as 20–30% (McKinsey, 2023). Sherpa works out your own number from your own resources.
Where does Sherpa get our cost data?
From your AWS Cost and Usage Data, plus CloudWatch data once you turn it on. Your first cost data arrives within 48 hours of connecting.
Do we need a FinOps team?
No. Sherpa gives your engineers the findings, a fix plan for each, and a monthly dollar value wherever the saving can be priced, so they know where to start.
What doesn't Sherpa do?
It never applies a fix or buys Savings Plans for you. It shows what to change, and your team acts. It supports AWS only.
What does the FinOps Assessment cost?
One fixed fee, set by your monthly AWS spend and quoted after a short call. It doesn't depend on what we find.
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