AWS cost optimization,
delivered as a service.
Most AWS cost tools give you a dashboard. CostPatrol gives you what a FinOps engineer would — daily findings with exact fix commands, delivered to Slack, prioritized by dollar impact.
Dashboards don't save money.
The #1 complaint in the FinOps space. Tools generate beautiful charts and recommendations — but the gap between insight and action remains your engineer's problem.
You forget to check them
Dashboards require daily logins. Nobody does that. Findings go stale. Waste compounds.
Recommendations are vague
"Consider rightsizing" isn't actionable. You need the exact CLI command and the exact dollar amount.
Alert fatigue kills adoption
Hundreds of low-value alerts. Teams disable them within weeks. The tool becomes shelfware.
100+ detection rules. Exact commands.
Delivered to Slack.
Connect
Deploy a read-only IAM role via CloudFormation. 2 minutes. Zero write permissions. CostPatrol never modifies your infrastructure.
Detect
100+ expert-encoded detection rules scan daily across 30+ AWS services — idle resources, oversized infrastructure, missing migrations, cost anomalies.
Deliver
Prioritized findings with exact CLI fix commands land in your Slack channel every morning. Resolve, ignore, or snooze — directly from Slack.
Every type of AWS waste —
caught and quantified.
Idle resources
EC2 instances at near-zero CPU, unattached EBS volumes, idle RDS databases, unused Elastic IPs. Pure waste — often terminable immediately. Up to 100% savings.
Oversized infrastructure
EC2 instances that could be rightsized, Lambda with over-allocated memory, RDS running larger than needed. 10–70% savings.
Missing migrations
EBS volumes still on GP2, previous-gen EC2 types, Lambda on x86 that could run on ARM64 (Graviton). 20–30% savings.
Cost anomalies
Statistical baselines catch cost spikes within hours. Not at month-end. NAT Gateway surges, Lambda runaway loops, unexpected data transfer.
Two levels of service.
The software handles the 90% that rules can catch. The monthly assessment handles the 10% that requires human judgment.
Self-Serve
- 100+ detection rules running daily
- Findings delivered to Slack with exact CLI commands
- Anomaly detection built in
- Read-only, spend-based pricing, no per-seat
- The software IS the service
Managed Savings
- Everything in self-serve, plus:
- Monthly architecture review
- Savings verification (actual vs. identified)
- Cost trend analysis + 30/60/90-day forecast
- Strategic recommendations (commitments, migrations)
- Formal PDF report via email
What you'd pay for the same expertise.
FinOps hire
Months to ramp
One person's knowledge
Manual process
Doesn't scale
FinOps consultant
One-time snapshot
No daily coverage
No Slack delivery
You're on your own between engagements
CostPatrol
111 rules from day one
Daily coverage + monthly assessment (Managed)
Exact CLI commands in Slack
3x money-back guarantee
Read-only. Always.
CloudFormation-deployed IAM role with zero write permissions. CostPatrol never touches your infrastructure. You stay in control.
Common questions
An AWS cost optimization service continuously monitors your AWS accounts for waste and delivers actionable savings recommendations. Unlike tools that give you a dashboard to check, a service like CostPatrol delivers findings directly to Slack with exact CLI fix commands — prioritized by dollar impact, every day.
Most tools give you dashboards and vague recommendations. CostPatrol is a service — it runs 100+ detection rules daily across 30+ AWS services and delivers the exact CLI command to fix each finding, straight to Slack. Read-only, no write access to your infrastructure.
CostPatrol starts at $0/mo for accounts under $5K AWS spend. Pro is $99/mo ($5K-$50K spend), Business is $499/mo ($50K-$200K spend). Compare that to a FinOps hire at $150K/year or enterprise tools at $45K+/year. CostPatrol offers a 3x money-back guarantee.
Yes. CostPatrol connects via a CloudFormation-deployed IAM role with zero write permissions. It can only describe and list resources — it never creates, modifies, or deletes anything in your AWS account. You run the fix commands yourself.
Your team is 2 minutes from a FinOps engineer in Slack.
Free scan shows your exact savings. Paid plans deliver prioritized actions to Slack daily. Read-only. No credit card.