I just took on a project that uses micro service style architecture (8 services total) and runs on AWS, has no customers, and costs more per month than I've see

I just took on a project that uses micro service style architecture (8 services total) and runs on AWS, has no customers, and costs more per month than I've seen very high revenue projects spend in over 6 months for hosting. I can't imagine how bad it would be with older projects with more cruft.