Reduce Your AWS Expenses by up to 30%

Cost Saver is a comprehensive cloud cost optimization framework for the iGaming industry. It helps businesses reduce AWS infrastructure costs through advanced resource optimization, cost allocation, and forecasting, allowing you to reinvest savings into strategic initiatives.

Businesses using Cost Saver typically see an average 30% reduction in AWS costs within the first few months. The exact savings depend on your current cloud usage and the efficiency of your existing setup.

No, there is no minimum spend required to use Cost Saver. However, to get the most value from Cost Saver, we recommend using the framework on environments that cost at least $15,000 per month in aggregate.

Cost Saver is not a single tool but a framework of tools and processes developed by 56Bit and tailored specifically for the iGaming industry. It incorporates industry-specific customization, advanced technical proficiency, and compliance with gambling regulations.

The Cost Saver framework is a three-phase process designed to optimise your AWS costs:

1. Initial Assessment and Value Identification (around 2 weeks): We thoroughly evaluate your business and AWS environment to identify potential cost savings opportunities. This involves data collection, analysis, and the creation of a detailed report outlining recommended actions.
2. Quick Wins Implementation (around 1 month): Our certified engineers rapidly implement low-hanging fruit optimisations to demonstrate immediate value and cost reductions. We start with a pilot phase on a subset of your resources and then scale the successful actions across your entire environment.
3. Medium-Term and Long-Term Value Realization (around 3 months): Our experts work collaboratively with your team to implement more complex optimisations that deliver sustained cost savings over the long term. This includes leveraging advanced techniques and best practices to optimise your AWS infrastructure and usage.

By following this structured approach, Cost Saver ensures a systematic and effective reduction in your AWS costs.

The framework involves a set of services and best practices that typically take around 4 months to deliver. You will typically see cost savings on AWS within the first few weeks.

Cost Saver implements sophisticated cost allocation methodologies, providing clear visibility into AWS costs by mapping expenses to specific products, initiatives, and cost centres.

Cost Saver utilizes advanced forecasting techniques to predict cloud spending with around 95% accuracy, far surpassing the typical industry average of 80% accuracy. This precision allows iGaming businesses to budget more effectively and plan for future growth with confidence.

Cost Saver identifies and optimizes underutilized resources, helps reduce waste, and ensures efficient use of AWS services.

Cost Saver uses advanced forecasting capabilities to predict cloud spending with 95% accuracy, enabling precise financial planning and budgeting.

Yes, Cost Saver incorporates automated features to continuously monitor your AWS environment and identify potential cost optimisation opportunities. It then provides clear recommendations and alerts relevant stakeholders to facilitate timely action. This automated approach ensures ongoing cost efficiency without requiring constant manual oversight.

Cost Saver can identify potential cost risks and provide recommendations to mitigate them, ensuring you stay within budget.

Cost Saver offers detailed insights into specific workloads and applications, helping you understand and manage their cost impact.

Cost Saver is regularly updated to include new features and capabilities, ensuring it stays current with AWS advancements and industry trends.

Cost Saver is designed to optimise costs without compromising application performance or availability. It ensures robust security and compliance while maintaining high availability.

Cost Saver can manage and optimise costs across multiple AWS accounts, providing a consolidated view of your cloud expenses.

Cost Saver can optimise costs across multiple AWS regions, ensuring comprehensive coverage for your global operations.

Cost Saver includes specific strategies for optimising serverless architectures ensuring efficient use of AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and other serverless services.

Our team of AWS-certified FinOps experts ensures that all recommendations align with AWS best practices, maintaining optimal performance, security, and compliance.

Cost Saver is a framework provided as a service by 56Bit, which has significant expertise in helping clients meet and exceed the security and other technical requirements set by leading gambling authorities, including the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) and the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC).

Cost Saver maintains detailed audit trails of all activities, ensuring transparency and compliance with regulatory requirements.

Cost Saver incorporates industry-specific compliance features. It ensures all activities adhere to regulatory standards.

Yes, Cost Saver helps maintain compliance with gambling regulations while optimising costs, ensuring your business meets all legal and industry requirements

Getting started with Cost Saver involves an initial assessment of your AWS environment, followed by the deployment of our proprietary framework. Contact our sales team to initiate the process.

There is no need for a free trial since Cost Saver is risk free. You will pay only if you see cost savings.

While some technical knowledge in your team is beneficial, our dedicated team will make it easy for anyone to use Cost Saver effectively. An essential part of the framework is enabling your team to maintain the cost efficiency achieved. This is done through training and knowledge transfer sessions.

56Bit offers extensive support, including a dedicated client success team, accessible support channels, and detailed project management to ensure successful implementation and ongoing optimisation.

Cost Saver initially requires read-only access to your AWS environment to analyse usage and recommend optimisation. This ensures your data remains secure. However, once the recommendations are approved, read-write access will be required to help you implement them.

Yes, we provide training and onboarding resources to help your team effectively utilise Cost Saver and maximise its benefits.

A vital element of the Cost Saver framework involves helping you integrate your existing AWS billing processes, providing enhanced visibility and detailed cost allocation without disrupting your current workflows.

The entire Cost Saver framework is typically delivered within four months, depending on the complexity of your AWS environment and specific requirements. You will start seeing cost savings within a few weeks.

Yes, Cost Saver can optimise costs for specific game types by analysing their unique resource requirements and usage patterns, ensuring cost-efficient operations.

Yes, Cost Saver includes advanced forecasting capabilities that account for seasonal traffic spikes, helping you manage costs during peak periods without compromising performance.

Cost Saver identifies and optimises resources needed for high-availability deployments, ensuring cost-efficiency while maintaining the required performance and availability standards.

Cost Saver improves ROI by significantly reducing AWS costs, allowing you to reinvest savings into growth initiatives, enhancing operational efficiency, and optimising resource utilisation.

Yes, Cost Saver provides insights into resource utilisation and operational processes, helping you identify and implement improvements for greater efficiency.

By optimising AWS costs and automating resource management, Cost Saver frees up your internal IT and DevOps teams to focus on core business activities and strategic initiatives.

Yes, Cost Saver is designed with scalability in mind. It can support your business’s growing needs and evolve with your cloud infrastructure.