Smerdoff
Smerdoff Technologies / AWS

AWS Consulting Services for Startups & Enterprises

AWS gives you hundreds of services and just as many ways to overspend or over-engineer. We design and run AWS infrastructure sized to what your product actually needs — architecture that scales when it has to, and a bill that doesn't creep up unnoticed between reviews.

AWSLambdaECS/EKSTerraformCost Optimization
10–30%
of a full build is what a lean first version costs on a modern stack — validate before you scale
MVP cost research
~3×
higher conversion for a 1-second site vs a 5-second one — the stack you build on decides this
Web design research

Why teams bring in a dedicated AWS team instead of guessing

AWS rewards teams who know which services solve your problem and which ones just add a monthly line item. We've run both sides of that decision enough times to get it right the first time.

Certified AWS engineers

Architecture and implementation done by engineers who hold current AWS certifications, not generalists learning the console on your account.

Cost-aware by default

Every architecture decision is checked against what it costs to run at your actual traffic, not the reference-architecture default.

Right-sized, not resume-driven

We reach for managed services and serverless when they fit, and plain EC2 or containers when they don't — no Kubernetes because it's trendy.

Migration without downtime surprises

Phased migration plans with rollback points, so moving off legacy hosting doesn't mean a weekend outage.

Infrastructure as code from day one

Terraform or CDK-defined infrastructure that's reviewable, versioned, and reproducible — not a snowflake built by hand in the console.

Built to hand off

Documented architecture diagrams, IAM policies, and runbooks so your in-house team can operate the account without us in the room.

What an AWS engagement typically includes

Scoped to your infrastructure's actual gaps — not a fixed bundle of every AWS service we can bill for.

Cloud architecture design

VPC layout, service selection, and account structure planned for your traffic and compliance needs.

Serverless & Lambda development

Event-driven backends and APIs built on Lambda, API Gateway, and managed services where they reduce operational load.

Migration to AWS

Moving workloads off legacy hosting or another cloud provider with a phased, rollback-safe plan.

Cost optimization audits

Reviewing your existing bill for over-provisioned resources, idle infrastructure, and reserved-capacity opportunities.

Containers on ECS/EKS

Container orchestration for teams that need it — sized and configured for the workload, not the trend.

Ongoing infrastructure support

Monitoring, incident response, and iterative hardening after the initial build, on a retainer sized to your account's needs.

FAQ

It usually comes down to your existing stack, team familiarity, and specific service needs rather than a universal winner. If you're already tied into one ecosystem (e.g., Microsoft tooling favors Azure, data/ML workloads sometimes favor GCP), that often settles it. We'll give you a direct recommendation after understanding your constraints, not a generic comparison.

In most audits, yes — over-provisioned instances, idle resources, and missed reserved-capacity or savings-plan discounts are common. We start with a cost audit and give you concrete, prioritized changes before touching architecture.

Yes. We use Lambda and managed services when they genuinely reduce operational overhead and cost — for spiky or event-driven workloads especially. For steady, high-throughput traffic, we'll tell you when containers or EC2 are the cheaper, simpler option instead.

Yes. Most clients move to a monitoring-and-maintenance retainer after the initial build or migration — incident response, patching, and incremental cost and security hardening — rather than a full-time team commitment.

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