You are building a product, not running an AWS cost centre
As a founder your time and your runway both matter. When the AWS bill climbs faster than revenue and you cannot see what is driving it, you need to know what to cut, what to commit to and where the real savings are. This review does exactly that. We look at your spend the way we run every engagement, find the waste and the missed commitments, then hand your team a plan it can act on. You see exactly where the money goes and what each saving is worth, not a headline number you have to take on faith.
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Sound familiar?
The AWS bill climbs faster than revenue
What we look forIdle resources, oversized databases and architecture choices that made sense early but now cost too much.
See how North helps →You cannot see what is driving the spend
What we look forCosts that cannot be broken down by account, workload or feature, so nobody can say which part of the product is expensive.
See FinOps visibility →Growth just scales the bill
What we look forSpend that rises faster than usage, where every new customer costs more to serve instead of less.
See where savings come from →Savings Plans and commitments are guesswork
What we look forOn-demand spend that should be committed, expiring commitments and coverage nobody is actively managing.
See how North helps →You are not ready to hire a platform team
What we look forThe gap between what your team can own now and the cost work that needs specialist AWS attention.
See AWS for Founders →You want a quick signal first
What we look forA read-only automated snapshot can surface obvious exposure and posture before the deeper cost review begins.
Try Secure Compass →Cost savings you can see, not a number you have to take on faith
base2Services has partnered with North Cloud so the cost side of the review runs on live visibility and transparent savings logic that finance and engineering can both inspect. We stay focused on running your AWS environment, while North gives the cost conversation a dedicated FinOps platform.
What North adds
- AWS cost and usage visibility in one place, broken down by account, workload, service and trend.
- FinOps reporting and charts that show where money is going and why, instead of a single headline number.
- Noros, North's AI agent, answers natural-language questions and builds tailored reports during cost reviews.
Where savings come from
- North is designed to cut cloud spend by up to 35% in suitable environments, with the savings logic visible rather than hidden.
- Waste, commitment gaps and cost patterns are surfaced before the bill becomes the new normal.
- For eligible AWS usage, North helps manage Savings Plans and improve commitment coverage.
- base2's recommendations are used to improve both platform cost and performance and we can implement them through remediation, platform engineering or managed AWS operations when you want help.
Why incentives matter
- North's commercial model is tied to the savings it delivers, so it only wins when your bill comes down.
- base2 works on fixed-fee managed services rather than taking a margin on your AWS consumption.
- Both teams are aligned around cutting waste and freeing budget for product and growth.
What happens next
From "the bill is too high" to a clear plan should not take months.
Book a chat
Tell us where the spend is going and what is driving the pressure.
We scope the review
We agree the accounts, access boundaries and the cost questions the review needs to answer.
We show the findings
You get prioritised findings with likely savings, commitment opportunities and a practical roadmap.
You choose the next step
Hand the roadmap to your team, ask us to make the cuts or move into managed AWS coverage. We run on what you already have, no forced rebuild.
Customer Testimonial
Our collaboration with base2 has been outstanding. They expertly refactored our architecture and optimised our AWS infrastructure, surpassing all expectations. Their technical proficiency in AWS was evident as they redesigned our infrastructure for scalability and cost-efficiency.
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Start with the AWS bill
30-minute chat, no pitch deck. Tell us where the spend is going and we will help you decide whether a cost review is the right next step.