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Cutting cloud costs at a startup: a 30 minute review
A practical 30 minute cloud cost review for startups on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud: find idle resources, right size servers and set budgets and alerts.
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Cloud and infrastructure
Cloud consulting that keeps your bill in check
Magz designs, migrates and tidies up cloud infrastructure for startups and SMEs. We make deployments repeatable, close the security gaps that matter and size everything to what you actually use.
When it helps
Signs your cloud needs attention
Cloud problems usually build up quietly: a bill that grows faster than revenue, a deployment only one person understands, or a backup nobody has tested.
- Your cloud bill grows every month and nobody can say exactly why.
- Deployments are manual and depend on one person.
- You are not sure your backups would restore.
- A customer or investor sent a security questionnaire you cannot fill in.
- You want to move off a single server or an old host without downtime.
What is included
Infrastructure that is secure, repeatable and right sized
Cloud architecture
A setup that fits your product and stage on the major cloud platforms, documented so anyone can follow it.
Migration
Planned moves from old hosting, servers or another cloud, with a rollback path and minimal downtime.
DevOps and CI/CD
Automated builds, tests and deployments, so releasing becomes routine instead of risky.
Infrastructure as code
Environments defined in code, so they can be rebuilt, reviewed and changed safely.
Cost reviews
Idle resources removed, servers right sized, storage tiers and commitments reviewed, and budgets with alerts.
Security and reliability
Access control, tested backups, monitoring, alerts and a basic incident plan.
How it works
From review to a setup you can run
- 01
Review
We look at your accounts, bills, deployments and access, and list the risks and savings.
- 02
Plan
A prioritised plan with quick wins first and larger changes scheduled.
- 03
Implement
Changes made in small steps, with your team in the loop and nothing switched off without a rollback.
- 04
Hand over
Documentation, alerts and a short runbook, so your team knows what to do when something breaks.
FAQ
Cloud questions
- Which cloud providers do you work with?
- The major platforms, such as AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, and managed hosts such as Vercel when they are simpler and cheaper for your product.
- How much can a cost review save?
- It depends on how the account has grown. We rank every saving by effort and risk, so you can decide what is worth doing.
- Will changes cause downtime?
- We plan changes to avoid it, make them in small steps and keep a rollback ready. Where a short maintenance window is needed, we agree on it with you first.
- Do you need full admin access?
- No. We ask for the least access each task needs, often read only for a review, and we document every account we use.
- Can you help with security questionnaires?
- Yes. We review your setup against the questions and fix the gaps that matter most before you answer.
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Contact
Tell us where technology is slowing you down.
Message us on WhatsApp or email with a short note about your business and what you would like to improve. We usually reply within one business day.
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