Platform · Database
RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, Redshift — correctness first, waste second.
Database waste hides behind engine-version fee traps and standby replicas nobody questions. CloudPivot catches both — and the consolidation opportunity competitors don't even look for.
Stopped databases that stay stopped
AWS silently restarts a 'stopped' RDS instance every 7 days. CloudPivot catches the restart and re-stops it — a correctness fix most schedulers get wrong.
No surprise Extended Support fees
Legacy database engine versions can trigger AWS Extended Support fees that double the instance cost. Fee-trap detectors flag the version before renewal.
Multi-AZ, only where it earns its keep
Standby replicas in dev/test environments provide no value and quietly compound — one documented case wasted $4.4k over 14 months.
Aurora storage, priced correctly
A zero-downtime pricing-model switch between Aurora Standard and I/O-Optimized can cut costs up to 40% — CloudPivot tells you which side of the break-even you're on.
Consolidate dev/QA — an industry first
A risk-aware recommendation to merge underused dev/QA databases onto one instance. No other commercial FinOps tool offers this.
Market white space
Four underused dev/QA databases, one consolidated instance.
A risk-aware advisory, not an automatic merge — CloudPivot sizes the opportunity and flags the tradeoffs before you act.
See what your dev/QA fleet is really costing.
The database scan checks engine versions, Multi-AZ placement, and utilization — free, and ready in minutes.