Software Modernisation
Our cloud or hosting bill is too high
Cloud shouldn’t feel like a mystery bill. Often the spend is on resources left running, over-sized servers or a setup that was never optimised. We find what you’re paying for, what you need, and what can be simplified.
A cloud bill that creeps up every month, that nobody can fully explain, and that costs the same whether you are busy or quiet, is one of the most common surprises of growing a business. It often arrives after a move to the cloud that was supposed to save money.
The usual cause is not that cloud is expensive — it is that the setup was never optimised. Resources left running, servers sized for a peak that rarely comes, and a "lift and shift" that simply moved old habits onto a meter. Industry studies consistently find a large share of cloud spend is waste, and most of it is recoverable.
This page is about separating genuine waste from genuine need: finding what you are actually paying for, switching off and right-sizing what is wasteful, and matching each workload to the hosting model that fits it — without trading away reliability to chase a cheaper number.
What this feels like
- The hosting or cloud bill keeps creeping up
- Nobody can fully explain what it’s all for
- You pay the same whether it’s busy or quiet
- An old server sits in a cupboard you’d rather not rely on
- Costs rise faster than usage
What might be causing it
- Servers and services left running when nothing needs them
- Resources sized far larger than the workload
- A “lift and shift” to cloud that just moved the waste
- No monitoring of what costs what
- A hosting model that doesn’t suit how the app is actually used
What we check
- What is actually running, and what is genuinely needed
- Where resources are over-sized or idle
- Whether the workload suits always-on servers or pay-per-use
- Where reliability is at risk (single points of failure)
- What can be simplified, switched off or modernised
How we might help
- Switch off and right-size what’s wasteful
- Move suitable, spiky workloads to pay-per-use so idle time costs nothing
- Move off an unreliable on-premise server where it makes sense
- Add monitoring so cost and reliability are visible
- Choose a hosting model that fits how the app is really used
What not to rush into
Don’t re-architect everything to chase a cheaper bill. We first separate genuine waste from genuine need — sometimes the quick wins are large on their own.
How we help with this
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Answer a few simple questions about your software and we’ll help you see where the biggest risks and costs are — and what’s sensible to do first.
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