AWS Cost Optimization
OhChimp cuts your AWS bill: idle EC2, gp2 volumes, idle NAT gateways, weak Reserved Instance coverage. Read-only access, savings verified on the bill.
How does OhChimp connect to my AWS account?
With an IAM access key, plus an optional session token. OhChimp verifies the connection using a read-only STS GetCallerIdentity call. The cost tools can also assume a role you provide, with an optional external ID. From there it reads Cost Explorer recommendations and EC2, EBS, CloudWatch, ECS, and Bedrock metadata to find waste. It never stores your application data, secrets, or workload contents.
Does OhChimp need write access or see my data?
No. OhChimp reads billing and resource metadata only and never stores your application data, secrets, or workload contents. When you apply a fix, the plan runs the exact commands you reviewed, like aws ec2 modify-volume for a gp2 to gp3 migration, and you are the one who clicks apply.
What AWS cost problems does OhChimp actually find?
Weak Reserved Instance and Savings Plan coverage, idle and over-provisioned EC2, unattached EBS volumes, gp2 volumes that should be gp3, idle NAT gateways, unused Elastic IPs, idle load balancers, over-provisioned ECS and Fargate services, and Bedrock spend including idle provisioned throughput. It can also scan your Terraform for AWS resources and a connected EKS cluster through its Kubernetes cost scan.
Who applies the changes, and can they be rolled back?
You do. Each fix is a reviewable plan with a confidence score, a risk level, and rollback steps, like snapshotting a volume before reverting its type. Nothing changes until you click apply, and OhChimp applies the matching code and infrastructure changes together.
How do I know the savings are real, and how is it priced?
OhChimp checks your actual AWS bill after you apply a plan. Savings are marked VERIFIED only after 7 or more days, a drop of at least 10%, and 3 consecutive positive checks. Otherwise the plan stays flagged "not implemented." Pricing is flat monthly with no cut of your savings, plus a year-one ROI guarantee: a full refund of subscription fees if it does not pay for itself in your first 12 months on a paid plan.