Syntegreti implemented a comprehensive cloud cost governance and optimization framework for a mid-sized HR & Payroll SaaS company, enabling sustainable growth by reducing cloud expenses, improving resource utilization, and delivering predictable budgeting across their AWS infrastructure.
Syntegreti
Jun 27, 2025
Everywhere, All at Once
Syntegreti collaborated with a cloud-based HR software provider to optimize their rapidly growing AWS infrastructure. With rising workloads and underutilized resources, the company faced challenges in visibility, cost control, and scaling efficiency—prompting the need for an enterprise-grade optimization strategy.
Key features are
Rightsizing Recommendations: Used AWS Trusted Advisor to identify and downsize overprovisioned instances based on usage trends.
Automated Scaling: Deployed AWS Auto Scaling with traffic-aware thresholds and custom CloudWatch alarms for event-driven elasticity.
Resource Lifecycle Management: Leveraged AWS Lifecycle Manager to automate EBS snapshot cleanup and idle resource management.
Tagging & Cost Allocation: Standardized cost tagging policies for enhanced tracking and attribution across business units.
Visibility Tools: Integrated AWS Cost Explorer and dashboards for real-time cost transparency and usage forecasting.
Value + Action = Impact
Value: Financial and operational visibility into cloud infrastructure for strategic cost optimization.
Action: Engineered a cloud governance solution combining rightsizing, automation, tagging, and FinOps practices across AWS services.
Impact:
30% reduction in monthly AWS costs within six months.
25% increase in resource utilization through automated scaling and cleanup.
Improved budget predictability with Reserved Instances and tagging-led tracking.
Full transparency into cost drivers through unified dashboards and cost allocation best practices.
