AWS Well-Architected Review
Is Your AWS Infrastructure Ready to Scale?
Get a comprehensive review of your cloud architecture across all six AWS Well-Architected pillars. Identify risks, optimise costs, and build a roadmap for sustainable growth delivered in just 2 weeks.
The Problem
The Hidden Costs of Poorly Architected Infrastructure
When you're moving fast to build your product and acquire customers, infrastructure often takes a backseat. Security configurations get postponed. Cost optimisation gets ignored. Reliability improvements get pushed to "someday."
Then something breaks.
Maybe it's a security incident that exposes customer data. Maybe it's an outage during your biggest sales day. Maybe it's an AWS bill that's 3x higher than it should be. Or maybe it's investors asking tough questions during due diligence that you can't confidently answer.
A Well-Architected Review helps you get ahead of these problems before they become expensive, reputation-damaging disasters. It's the infrastructure equivalent of a full medical checkup—catching issues early when they're still easy to fix.
What's Included
Comprehensive Analysis Across Six Pillars
Our AWS Well-Architected Review follows Amazon's proven framework for building secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructure. We examine every aspect of your cloud environment and deliver concrete, prioritised recommendations.
Operational Excellence
Are your operations scalable and reliable? We review your monitoring, incident response, deployment processes, and operational procedures to identify areas where automation and better practices can reduce toil and improve outcomes.
Security
From IAM policies to data encryption, network security to access controls—we audit your security posture against AWS best practices and common vulnerability patterns. You'll know exactly where your risks are and how to address them.
Reliability
Can your infrastructure handle traffic spikes? Recover from failures? We analyse your architecture for single points of failure, backup strategies, disaster recovery capabilities, and resilience patterns.
Performance Efficiency
Are you using the right resources in the right way? We evaluate your compute, storage, database, and networking choices to ensure you're getting optimal performance without over-provisioning.
Cost Optimisation
Most startups overspend on AWS by 30-50%. We identify specific opportunities to reduce costs through right-sizing, reserved capacity, storage optimisation, and eliminating waste—often paying for the review several times over in the first month.
Sustainability
Reduce your carbon footprint and improve efficiency. We review your resource utilisation patterns and recommend ways to minimise environmental impact while often reducing costs simultaneously.
Deliverables
What You Receive
Detailed Assessment Report
A comprehensive document examining each pillar with specific findings, risk ratings (High/Medium/Low), and detailed explanations of issues discovered.
Prioritised Recommendation Roadmap
Not all issues are equal. We prioritise recommendations based on risk, impact, and implementation effort so you know what to tackle first, what can wait, and what's low-priority.
Implementation Guidance
For each recommendation, you get specific, actionable guidance on how to implement it including relevant AWS services, architecture patterns, and estimated effort.
Executive Summary
A concise overview perfect for stakeholders, investors, or board members who need to understand your infrastructure maturity without technical deep-dives.
The Process
From Kickoff to Recommendations in 2 Weeks
Week 1: Discovery & Analysis
- Kickoff call to understand your business, architecture, and priorities
- Automated scanning of your AWS environment using our assessment tools
- Deep-dive interviews with your technical team
- Review of documentation, architecture diagrams, and existing policies
- Analysis of your AWS usage patterns, costs, and configurations
Week 2: Review & Recommendations
- Compilation of findings across all six pillars
- Risk assessment and prioritization
- Development of recommendation roadmap
- Report preparation and internal quality review
- Presentation of findings and Q&A session with your team
Post-Review: Implementation Support (Optional)
If you want help implementing recommendations, we offer follow-on implementation services on a project or retainer basis.
Benefits & Outcomes
What Startups Gain from Well-Architected Reviews
Risk Mitigation
Identify security vulnerabilities, single points of failure, and compliance gaps before they cause incidents. Sleep better knowing your infrastructure can handle growth without catastrophic failures.
Cost Savings
Most startups discover immediate cost optimisation opportunities worth $5,000-$50,000 annually. Common findings include over-provisioned resources, inefficient storage strategies, and unused services still accruing charges.
Due Diligence Readiness
Preparing for Series A or acquisition? Investors and acquirers will scrutinize your technical infrastructure. A recent Well-Architected Review demonstrates maturity and proactively addresses concerns.
Faster Scaling
Understand exactly what needs to improve before you 10x your traffic. Avoid the panic of rapid growth exposing architectural weaknesses you didn't know existed.
Team Confidence
Give your engineering team a clear roadmap for infrastructure improvements. No more arguments about what to prioritize—you'll have expert guidance on what matters most.
Compliance Foundations
Whether you're pursuing SOC 2, ISO 27001, or industry-specific compliance, many Well-Architected recommendations align directly with compliance requirements, giving you a head start.
Pricing
Transparent, Fixed-Price Engagements
Well-Architected Reviews start at $4,500 for startups with straightforward AWS environments (1-2 accounts, under 20 services).
For more complex environments or startups requiring deeper analysis, we offer custom pricing based on scope. Schedule a consultation and we'll provide a fixed quote upfront—no surprises.
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