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FinOps OptimizationDigital Products

FinOps turnaround for a Nordic scaleup

28% cloud cost reduction in 90 days without slowing delivery

  • Built unified cost dashboards across 40+ microservices
  • Introduced right-sizing and schedule-based savings for non-prod
  • Aligned finance and engineering on shared savings KPIs
Platform EngineeringDigital Services

Resilience uplift for a high-traffic platform

99.95% uptime and faster incident response across customer-facing systems

  • Hardened multi-AZ Kubernetes clusters with zero-downtime deploys
  • Implemented SLOs and runbooks for 24/7 operations teams
  • Reduced MTTR from 32 minutes to under 8 minutes
Cloud SolutionsDigital Platform

CloudFront pricing strategy overhaul for a global platform

Projected 93% cost reduction with flat-rate CloudFront plans

  • Analyzed 100M+ monthly requests and 40 TB data transfer patterns
  • Evaluated flat-rate CloudFront pricing against existing usage
  • Estimated a change from about $3,000/mo to about $200/mo

Cloud Solutions spotlight

CloudFront pricing review: a projected reduction of about 93%.

Client context

High-traffic, globally distributed application on AWS. SoloStack owned architecture, deployments, security, reliability, and cost optimization. CloudFront spend was significant and hard to forecast.

The challenge

  • About 100 million requests and 40 TB data transfer out per month.
  • Pay-as-you-go pricing averaged about $3,000/month.
  • Performance was strong, but predictability and scaling economics were not.

The figures below are estimates from the pricing review, not confirmed post-change savings. The comparison uses the usage and spend described above; applicable plan terms and subsequent billing need validation.

Monthly CloudFront cost projection

~$3,000 -> ~$200

Pricing option reviewed

Usage-based -> Flat-rate

Savings status

Projected

Key takeaways

  • Cost optimization includes pricing model selection, not just service tuning.
  • Compare pricing options against workload requirements and applicable plan terms.
  • Predictability can be as valuable as raw cost reduction.

How SoloStack helps

  • Analyze real AWS usage patterns and traffic stability.
  • Select and combine pricing models for spend and risk.
  • Validate cost changes alongside performance, security, and reliability requirements.

Delivery approach

Built for measurable outcomes.

We combine platform engineering, financial governance, and operations discipline to land changes quickly and prove value early.

  1. 01Define clear SLOs, savings targets, and rollout milestones.
  2. 02Ship in safe weekly slices with automation and tests built in.
  3. 03Transfer capability through runbooks, dashboards, and enablement.

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