Show HN: A Better Alternative to the AWS Console

6 pointsby kavehkhorram4 anni fa1 comments

Hey HN: Kaveh here, the founder of https://www.usage.ai/

We launched a new free tool to help engineers understand their AWS spend. Why? Because the way it's done now is a pain. DevOps and Software Engineers end up end up becoming cloud accountants or end up forking over a big % of their AWS bill for a tool to understand costs rather than focusing on business problems.

Previous to founding Usage, I worked on high-performance computing research at JP Morgan Chase and as a software engineer at a number of smaller startups.

Here's how this new tool works: It's fully self-serve and free to use. You connect a limited-access IAM role (read-only + ability to manage RIs and SPs). You'll see cost reduction recommendations on the Recommendations tab, your active and utilization status on the Plans tab, and the ability to splice-and-dice your data on the Instance Search page via Filters.

We make money off of a 20% Savings Fee. If you choose not to let Usage optimize your spend, you'll never need to spend money on Usage. Happy to chat directly [email protected]

Have you experienced any issues with managing your company or organization's AWS expenses? We'd love to hear your feedback and ideas!

Blog post: https://blog.usage.ai/new/

Try free: www.usage.ai

1 comments

cloudfalcon4 anni fa

Hi Kaveh, congratulations on the launch. Is filtering by tag currently available (cost allocation and non-cost tag)? I definitely think you should add support for tracking other AWS services ASAP, as long as one can drill-down to the request level (e.g., GetObject).