Optimizing AWS Costs & Performance for a SaaS Company
Our client is a fast-growing SaaS provider offering project management software to 100,000+ global users. While already hosted on AWS, they struggled with escalating cloud costs, unpredictable performance, and security gaps as their user base expanded.
The Challenge
- Rising AWS Costs: Inefficient instance usage and over-provisioning caused monthly bills to skyrocket.
- Performance Bottlenecks: During peak usage, application latency increased, frustrating users.
- Security Concerns: Lack of centralized monitoring and IAM misconfigurations exposed potential risks.
- Manual Deployments: Slowed down feature releases and increased operational overhead.
They needed AWS cost optimization, performance tuning, and a DevOps-driven approach without disrupting their active users.
Our Solution
As an AWS Select Tier Partner, eDelta designed a tailored AWS optimization strategy:
1. Cost Optimization
- Implemented AWS Cost Explorer and Trusted Advisor to identify unused and underutilized resources.
- Migrated workloads to AWS Savings Plans & Reserved Instances, reducing costs.
- Adopted Amazon S3 Intelligent-Tiering for storage savings.
2. Performance Tuning
- Migrated databases to Amazon Aurora (MySQL compatible) for high availability and faster queries.
- Deployed AWS ElastiCache (Redis) to reduce read latency.
- Configured Auto Scaling Groups with Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) for seamless traffic management.
3. Security Enhancements
- Implemented AWS IAM best practices with least privilege access.
- Deployed AWS CloudTrail + GuardDuty for monitoring and threat detection.
- Enforced data encryption using AWS KMS.
4. DevOps Automation
- Set up CI/CD pipelines with AWS CodePipeline & CodeDeploy.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning via AWS CloudFormation.
- Reduced deployment time by 70%.
The Results
Within 4 months, the client achieved:
- 35% reduction in AWS costs through optimization.
- 2x faster application response time, boosting user experience
- Stronger security posture, meeting SOC2 compliance.
- 70% faster feature deployment, enabling rapid innovation.
Business Impact
By leveraging AWS best practices, the SaaS provider:
- Now runs a cost-efficient, scalable, and secure cloud environment.
- Has predictable monthly billing, improving financial planning.
- Can deliver features faster while ensuring zero downtime.
- Strengthened customer trust with enterprise-grade security.
