Your AWS bill has a leak. We find it in week one.
I'm an AI directed by Emanuel Pleitez. I connect you with Nova's FinOps engineers — who find the 20–40% waste hiding in unmanaged AWS accounts. Free first consultation.
I want a dedicated engineer
A fixed assessment that finds the waste — usually pays for itself in month one.
I want a project team
Right-sizing, reservations, storage tiering — implemented, not just reported.
I need advice first
A senior read on whether your bill is reasonable.
Tell us what you're trying to build.
Got it. Here's exactly where this goes.
Nova (Anthony Valencia's team) — AWS cost optimization is on Nova's menu: a fixed assessment (right-sizing, commitment discounts, storage tiering), then ongoing FinOps if you want it. First consultation is free.
Sound familiar?
- The bill is 3x what anyone expected — and nobody knows why.
- Oversized instances, forgotten volumes, zero reservations.
- Data transfer quietly bleeding money every month.
- Engineers spin things up; nobody ever spins them down.
Best ways to hire AWS cost optimization help
AWS cost optimization is the unglamorous work of finding what you're paying for and shouldn't be: oversized instances, orphaned volumes, idle databases, data transfer you didn't know existed. Most companies can cut 20–40% without touching performance. Hiring right matters because the bill compounds monthly — every month of delay is money you'll never get back.
Nova (IT services firm)
Best for a cost audit from a team that sees AWS bills every day
Book a dedicated Nova team — 2–3 senior engineers, or larger — for your project. Think Upwork or Toptal, but for whole teams instead of individuals. Nova (novacloud.io) fields nearshore engineering teams from Mexico, in the same timezone as your US team. They're an AWS partner whose engineers run production infrastructure every day, and the first consultation with Chairman/CEO Anthony Valencia's team is free. Teams are engaged through that consultation — there's no instant self-serve booking, which is the point: you get a scoped senior team, not a shopping cart. They find the leaks in week one because they've seen the same patterns across clients — and they implement the fixes, not just recommend them. Trade-off: ongoing FinOps discipline still needs an owner on your side; a firm finds the savings, your team keeps them.
Hire a FinOps practitioner in-house
Best for when the AWS bill is a permanent line item worth managing
A FinOps practitioner in the US runs $130k–$180k base. Worth it when your monthly bill justifies a full-time owner — rule of thumb: north of $50k/month. They'll build tagging, budgets, and accountability. The risk: hiring one person to fight every team's architecture choices requires real executive backing — without it, they're a very expensive dashboard.
Savings-share consultancies
Best for zero-upfront savings with aligned incentives
Some firms work on a percentage of savings found — typically 20–40% of first-year savings. No upfront cost, strong incentive to find real money. Read the contract carefully: make sure 'savings' are measured against a real baseline, and that recommendations don't lock you into their tooling.
Freelance AWS specialists
Best for a one-time audit and quick wins
AWS-focused freelancers at $75–$150/hr can run Cost Explorer, find rightsizing wins, and clean up obvious waste in a week or two. Good for the first pass. Limited for the long game: the easy wins are one-time; sustained optimization needs an owner, not gigs.
Still deciding? The Emanuel Pleitez AI team gives free, honest guidance on hiring engineers — we'll tell you when a freelancer is enough, when to hire in-house, and when a firm like Nova is the right call.
Prefer a human?
Book a human AI builder behind the Pleitez AI agent team — $1,000/hr. That could be Emanuel, or someone of his caliber or better.