AWS COST OPTIMIZATION SPECIALISTS

Stop funding
the waste
in your cloud.

NCloud Labs personally audits your AWS environment, traces every dollar of hidden spend, and delivers a detailed findings report showing exactly what to cut and how much you save.

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01EC2 Rightsizing Analysis
02Unattached EBS Volume Audit
03Idle NAT Gateway Review
04Reserved Instance Gap Analysis
05S3 Storage Class Optimization
06Spend Anomaly Detection
07Tagging Governance Audit
08Data Transfer Cost Review
01EC2 Rightsizing Analysis
02Unattached EBS Volume Audit
03Idle NAT Gateway Review
04Reserved Instance Gap Analysis
05S3 Storage Class Optimization
06Spend Anomaly Detection
07Tagging Governance Audit
08Data Transfer Cost Review
The Problem
AWS waste is
costing your company
real money.
These are not estimates. These figures come from Flexera, Datadog, Harness, and the FinOps Foundation. The companies behind these numbers look exactly like yours.
Flexera State of the Cloud 2025
27%
of all cloud spend is wasted annually
At $723 billion in 2025 public cloud spend, that is over $200 billion globally burning with zero return. The waste rate has not declined since 2019.
Harness Cloud Cost Report 2025
7-12%
median EC2 CPU utilization
The median production EC2 instance runs between 7 and 12 percent CPU. Organizations are paying for 100 percent of capacity and using less than a tenth of it.
Datadog State of Cloud Costs 2024
65%
of EC2 instances averaging under 20% CPU
Nearly two thirds of EC2 fleets show clear rightsizing headroom over any 30-day window. Most companies never act on it because no one is watching.
$182B
Global cloud waste in 2025 alone
Conservative estimates from SpendArk and Flexera put actionable cloud waste at over $100 billion per year. Idle compute and unattached storage are the single largest categories. Unattached EBS volumes are among the top three waste items across all company sizes.
SpendArk / Flexera 2025
2%
of CIOs report spending less than projected on cloud
Only 2 percent of technology leaders say their cloud bills came in under budget. Overspend is the norm. Mid-market companies are the least likely to have a dedicated FinOps practice and the most likely to describe cloud costs as only partially visible.
CIO Magazine / CNCF FinOps Survey 2024
The Process

Two phases.
Zero obligation.

The audit is always free. If you decide to move forward with implementation, Phase 2 is priced flat and covers every item in the report at a fraction of what an internal IT hire would cost.

Phase 1 - Free
The Audit
Gabriel personally reviews your entire AWS environment, tracing spend across every service and region. No automated black-box tools. A real expert working through your account, looking for exactly what most companies miss.
  • Full EC2 fleet review including stopped and idle instances
  • EBS volume audit for unattached and oversized disks
  • NAT Gateway, ELB, and data transfer cost review
  • Reserved Instance and Savings Plans gap analysis
  • S3 bucket storage class and lifecycle policy audit
  • Tagging compliance and governance scoring
  • Cost anomaly and spend trend identification
  • Delivered as a full enterprise-grade PDF findings report
Your cost: $0.00    No commitment required.
The Fix
Once you have the report, the decision is yours. If you want NCloud Labs to implement every recommended change, Phase 2 covers complete execution. Every item in the findings document, resolved.
  • Implementation of all rightsizing recommendations
  • Cleanup of orphaned and idle resources
  • Reserved Instance and Savings Plans purchase strategy
  • S3 lifecycle policy configuration
  • Tagging policy rollout across all resources
  • Cost budget and alerting setup in AWS
  • Final confirmation report showing changes applied
  • 30-day post-implementation check-in included
Flat price: $500 to $2,000   quoted by scope.
What You Receive

An enterprise-grade report.
Not a spreadsheet.

Every audit concludes with a fully structured findings document. Below is what a real NCloud Labs report looks like. Numbers are fabricated for demonstration only.

NCloudLabs-FinOps-Audit-Acme-Corp-2026.pdf
NCloud Labs
Enterprise FinOps Audit Report
Acme Corp  |  Account: 123456789012
Generated: April 11, 2026  |  Auditor: Gabriel Weinstein Qualls
Read-Only Audit
Identified Monthly Savings
$14,820
per month
$177,840 annually
Audit identified 31 waste items across your AWS environment.

High: 8    Medium: 14    Low: 9
EC2 Instances
47
9 stopped, 6 idle
EBS Volumes
93
18 unattached
Current Monthly Spend
$38,450
Trailing 30 days
After Optimization
$23,630
Projected spend
Top Spend by Service - Last 30 Days
Amazon EC2
$18,200
Amazon RDS
$7,640
Amazon S3
$5,110
Data Transfer
$3,290
NAT Gateways
$1,340
Ranked Waste and Savings Opportunities
#Sev.TypeResourceFindingRecommended ActionMonthly Savings
1 HIGH IDLE EC2 i-0a3f7c8d2e1b4509
m5.2xlarge		 Avg CPU 2.1% across 14 days. Effectively idle. Stop or terminate. Downsize to t3.large if compute still needed. $280.32
2 HIGH UNATTACHED EBS vol-08b3d4e9f1a72c60
500 GB gp2		 Unattached for 62 days. No instance connected. Snapshot for backup and delete immediately. $50.00
3 HIGH STOPPED EC2 i-0d2c5a9e8f3b7104
c5.xlarge		 Stopped 34 days. Still accruing EBS storage costs. Create AMI snapshot, then terminate. $24.90
4 MEDIUM GP2 TO GP3 vol-0f1e7d4b6a8c3290
1200 GB gp2		 gp3 is 20% cheaper with better baseline IOPS. Zero-downtime volume type migration. $24.00
5 MEDIUM NAT GATEWAYS nat-04a9b1c2d3e4f5678
us-east-1b		 3 NAT Gateways where 1 shared NAT would suffice. Consolidate or add VPC endpoints for S3. $64.00
Priority Next Steps
1
IDLE EC2 i-0a3f7c8d2e1b4509
Terminate or stop m5.2xlarge running at 2.1% average CPU. Downsize to t3.large if any compute is still required.
Save $280.32/month
2
18 UNATTACHED EBS VOLUMES
Snapshot all 18 unattached volumes and delete. Oldest has been orphaned for over 4 months with no instance ever reconnecting.
Save $1,140/month combined
3
GP2 TO GP3 MIGRATION (14 volumes)
Migrate all gp2 volumes to gp3. Zero downtime required. Better baseline performance at lower cost per GB.
Save $334/month combined
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About
Gabriel Weinstein Qualls
Gabriel
Weinstein Qualls
Gabriel is an AWS infrastructure specialist whose practice is built around one outcome: finding cloud spend waste that companies do not know they have, and documenting every item in a format that is immediately actionable. His technical foundation spans formal computer science study at Kennesaw State University, applied security credentials in both the Google Cybersecurity Certificate and CompTIA Security+, and deep preparation across the AWS Solutions Architect body of knowledge covering EC2, EBS, S3, IAM, VPC, Cost Explorer, Compute Optimizer, and the full FinOps toolchain.

NCloud Labs was built specifically for mid-market companies: organizations with real AWS infrastructure costs but without the internal team or dedicated FinOps function to govern them. Gabriel personally conducts every audit and personally authors every report. Clients receive a document that is specific to their environment, ranked by savings impact, and ready to act on whether they proceed to Phase 2 or not.
Google Cybersecurity Certificate
CompTIA Security+
AWS Solutions Architect (SAA-C03)
AWS Cost Optimization
Education
B.A. Candidate  |  Kennesaw State University
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waste.

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