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Show HN: I built a service to help companies save 35%+ on their AWS bills

25 points by kavehkhorram 6y ago

Hi everyone, I've been working on a side project over quarantine called Usage.ai and I finally feel comfortable enough to launch it. We're a service that plugs directly into AWS, automatically finds savings, and applies those savings at the press of a confirmation button all without ever needing to go to an AWS console. I'd love to get HN's thoughts on it! Demo: https://www.loom.com/share/2a6f1c8e4c214914a1cdd88c6fdec4ac Link: https://www.usage.ai/

kavehkhorram 6y ago
Hi everyone, Kaveh here. I'm the main developer of this project. If anyone has any questions or wants to test drive the platform, feel free to email me at setup@usage.ai to set up a private 1:1 consultation or post here :)
ffumarola 6y ago
4649Dgx.png is taking forever to load. 1MB and 41s for me... just did a speedtest and got 70Mbps down and 60 Mbps up.
- kavehkhorram 6y ago
  That's odd - I'll look into that right away. Thanks for the note!
quickthrower2 6y ago
Change “spendings” to “expenditure”
- kavehkhorram 6y ago
  Interesting - I'll take note of that. Thanks!
  - johnwheeler 6y ago
    “Spend” has a better ring to it IMO
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coinyeezy 6y ago
key is not accessible? /UsageAI does not exist or is not attachable.
- kavehkhorram 6y ago
  Did you set the policy name as UsageAI?
coinyeezy 6y ago
/UsageAI does not exist or is not attachable.
- kavehkhorram 6y ago
  Hmm ... did you set the policy? In any case, feel free to email me at setup@usage.ai and I'd be happy to help! :)
anakaine 6y ago
"Usage costs 10% of your expected annual savings spread over a 12-month agreement." This is hard for me to sell. Not because it doesnt make sense, but because its damned hard to propose in my budget submission. Its equivalent to me saying "I am requesting an unknown amount based on potential savings, that we may, or may be able to implement across this financial year". I cant easily get that across during a budget submission, and it's going to be difficult to pitch at another time after money has been allocated and I have no idea if I can go through change management to realise the savings in the same billing time as any agreement. Might I suggest you make it linked to current expenditure?
- kavehkhorram 6y ago
  Hi Anakaine, Great point! It is actually linked to current expenditure. When you first register for an account and connect your AWS, we compute your potential savings and then take 10% of that number spread over a year. So you're not given an unknown number! I'll make that more clear in the FAQ.

25 points by kavehkhorram 6y ago

kavehkhorram 6y ago

Hi everyone, Kaveh here. I'm the main developer of this project. If anyone has any questions or wants to test drive the platform, feel free to email me at setup@usage.ai to set up a private 1:1 consultation or post here :)

ffumarola 6y ago

4649Dgx.png is taking forever to load. 1MB and 41s for me... just did a speedtest and got 70Mbps down and 60 Mbps up.

kavehkhorram 6y ago
That's odd - I'll look into that right away. Thanks for the note!

quickthrower2 6y ago

Change “spendings” to “expenditure”

kavehkhorram 6y ago
Interesting - I'll take note of that. Thanks!
- johnwheeler 6y ago
  “Spend” has a better ring to it IMO
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coinyeezy 6y ago

key is not accessible? /UsageAI does not exist or is not attachable.

kavehkhorram 6y ago
Did you set the policy name as UsageAI?

coinyeezy 6y ago

/UsageAI does not exist or is not attachable.

kavehkhorram 6y ago
Hmm ... did you set the policy? In any case, feel free to email me at setup@usage.ai and I'd be happy to help! :)

anakaine 6y ago

"Usage costs 10% of your expected annual savings spread over a 12-month agreement." This is hard for me to sell. Not because it doesnt make sense, but because its damned hard to propose in my budget submission. Its equivalent to me saying "I am requesting an unknown amount based on potential savings, that we may, or may be able to implement across this financial year". I cant easily get that across during a budget submission, and it's going to be difficult to pitch at another time after money has been allocated and I have no idea if I can go through change management to realise the savings in the same billing time as any agreement. Might I suggest you make it linked to current expenditure?

kavehkhorram 6y ago
Hi Anakaine, Great point! It is actually linked to current expenditure. When you first register for an account and connect your AWS, we compute your potential savings and then take 10% of that number spread over a year. So you're not given an unknown number! I'll make that more clear in the FAQ.