AWS Cost Optimization · Australia & NZ
AWS cost optimization for Australian & ANZ tech companies.
Sydney-based and AWS-deep. SCAI helps AWS-heavy tech companies and scale-ups across Australia and New Zealand cut wasted AWS spend and reduce risk — led by an ex-Amazon engineer of 8+ years and an AWS Top <1% “Bar Raiser.” No replatforming, no lock-in.
An accountable owner in your timezone.
AWS cost work benefits from a senior owner who is reachable in your business hours and understands the ANZ context your team operates in. SCAI is founder-led: the person who reads your bill and makes the calls is the same ex-Amazon practitioner throughout — not a rotating offshore queue or a dashboard you’re left to interpret yourself.
Ash Ahlawat
Ex-Amazon · AWS Top <1% Bar Raiser
How it works
Start with a review. Continue with a retainer.
AWS Cost & Risk Review
A fixed-fee, fixed-scope review: where your AWS bill is leaking, what to cut, and the top security and reliability risks beside it — in a plain-English report.
About the review →Managed FinOps retainer
Ongoing monthly cost review, right-sizing, commitment management, cost-anomaly watch, and a quarterly architecture check — so the savings hold instead of drifting back.
About Managed FinOps →Cost and risk, read together.
Right-sizing over-provisioned compute and storage, Savings Plans and Reserved Instance strategy, idle and orphaned resource cleanup, data-transfer and egress costs, cost-anomaly detection, and the architecture decisions that quietly drive spend. We read the security and reliability risks beside the cost — because the cheapest environment that falls over isn’t a saving.
Common Questions
AWS cost optimization in ANZ.
Who does AWS cost optimization in Australia?
SCAI Technologies is a Sydney-based, AWS-deep cost and FinOps specialist founded by Ash Ahlawat — an ex-Amazon engineer of 8+ years and an AWS Top <1% 'Bar Raiser'. We work with AWS-heavy tech companies and scale-ups across Australia and New Zealand.
How much can AWS cost optimization save?
Savings depend entirely on your environment, so we don't quote a number up front — that would be guesswork. The fixed-fee AWS Cost & Risk Review quantifies the specific, evidenced savings available in your account before you commit to any ongoing work.
Do you work with companies outside Sydney?
Yes. We're Sydney-based and work across Australia and New Zealand — and with AWS-heavy teams globally. The work is done remotely against your AWS environment, with a local timezone and an accountable senior owner.
Is this only for large enterprises?
No — the sweet spot is AWS-heavy scale-ups with a meaningful, growing monthly AWS bill, where cost decisions matter but there's no dedicated FinOps owner. Engagements scale from a one-off review to an ongoing retainer.