AWS consulting for B2B SaaS

Secure, audit-ready AWS without a platform team.

We find the security gaps, cost waste, and account sprawl in your AWS setup, fix them, and hand back infrastructure as code your team owns. Your engineers get back to building the product.

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30 minutes, no commitment. You leave with a clear next step.

SOC 2 ready

Accounts pass the CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark from day one.

Live in a week

A production-ready foundation in about a week. New accounts in minutes.

No vendor lock-in

Built with AWS CDK. You own every line and can change any of it.

Landing zone blueprint
AWS landing zone architecture blueprint

The multi-account foundation we deploy, with security guardrails built in.

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How cloud sprawl starts

How AWS environments drift over time

AWS rarely breaks all at once. It drifts. Environments blur together, nobody is sure who owns what, and cost and security issues pile up in places your team no longer has time to check.

Day 1

The honeymoon phase

One AWS account. Fast deployments. Console clicks feel harmless because the environment still feels easy to hold in one person's head.

Month 6 to year 1

The silent sprawl

More engineers join, new environments appear, and ownership blurs. IAM exceptions accumulate, spend creeps upward, and production starts depending on tribal knowledge.

Year 1 and beyond

The complexity wall

Security findings pile up, audits stall, and every change feels risky because nobody trusts the platform. Your team spends its time patching around the foundation instead of building on it.

The fix

You can stop the drift early.

A fixed-price assessment shows whether you're dealing with a few isolated issues or a foundation problem, so you fix the right layer first.

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Where we start

Every engagement starts with an assessment

Pick the one that matches what's hurting. We find the root cause, then tell you whether a targeted fix is enough or the foundation itself needs to change.

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AWS Security Review

Best when

An audit or security questionnaire is coming, and nobody is sure who can reach production.

We check your accounts against 200+ controls, validate the findings that matter by hand, and rank them by business impact.

  • Findings ranked by severity and business impact
  • CIS benchmark coverage across accounts and environments
  • A remediation roadmap your team can execute
  • SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS readiness gaps
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AWS Cost Optimization

Best when

The AWS bill grows faster than your usage, and nobody has time to find out why.

A line-by-line review of your spend that finds the waste, drift, and missing automation behind the bill.

  • Savings opportunities, each with a concrete next action
  • Reserved Instance, Savings Plans, and right-sizing advice
  • Orphaned and duplicated resources you can delete
  • A prioritized plan that keeps costs down after the review
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Rene Molenaar, Founder of NetworkLessons.com

Rene Molenaar

Founder, NetworkLessons.com

From assessment to full migration

"Danny redesigned my AWS stack around best practices and made the whole environment far easier to maintain."

That started with an assessment and continued through a full migration from ClickOps to infrastructure as code.

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When patches stop working

When the foundation is the problem, we rebuild it from scratch

Isolated findings can be fixed in place. When the account structure, security controls, or platform ownership is the root cause, patches stop working. Our Landing Zone replaces the foundation in about a week, then monitoring and ongoing engineering keep it healthy.

AWS organization structure for a multi-account landing zone
Multi-account baseline

AWS Landing Zone

When the assessment shows structural problems, we rebuild the account model, guardrails, and automation as code on a clean AWS foundation.

Built for

CIS, SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS controls

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Testimonials

What teams say after we ship

Five-star Google reviews from founders and engineers who hired us for landing zones, security reviews, and cost cleanup.

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Rene Molenaar
5 reviews
over 1 year ago
I had a fantastic experience with the service provided by Towards the Cloud. I had previously built my infrastructure using the AWS GUI and CloudFormation, but it had become outdated and difficult to maintain over time. Danny expertly evaluated my existing stack and completely redesigned it following AWS best practices. He implemented a modern multi-account architecture with separate environments for production and development, which has greatly improved our security posture and deployment workflow. Danny built everything using CDK in TypeScrip
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I had a fantastic experience with the service provided by Towards the Cloud. I had previously built my infrastructure using the AWS GUI and CloudFormation, but it had become outdated and difficult to maintain over time. Danny expertly evaluated my existing stack and completely redesigned it following AWS best practices. He implemented a modern multi-account architecture with separate environments for production and development, which has greatly improved our security posture and deployment workflow. Danny built everything using CDK in TypeScript and set up a GitHub CI/CD pipeline. The entire infrastructure is now defined as code, making it incredibly simple to maintain. Everything stays up-to-date automatically through the pipeline, eliminating the manual work and potential errors from my previous setup. I highly recommend Towards the Cloud for anyone looking to migrate or modernize their AWS environment!
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Chun Lai
13 reviews
almost 2 years ago
Working with Danny is always a pleasure! His expertise in AWS and cloud technologies is truly remarkable. Danny’s result-oriented approach and professionalism stand out in every project. Highly recommend collaborating with him for outstanding results!
Pricing and process

Start with a fixed-price assessment

The intro call is free. After it, you know which assessment fits, what it costs, and what you get back.

Assessments start at $495

Security, cost, Well-Architected, migration, and foundation assessments. Every one has a fixed scope and price, agreed before any paid work starts.

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What you get

  • A written report with findings ranked by business impact
  • A walkthrough call where we go through every finding with your team
  • A roadmap your engineers can implement without us
  • An optional fixed-price quote if you want us to do the fixes

How it works

From first call to a fixed AWS setup in three steps

  1. 1

    Free intro call

    30 minutes on your AWS setup and what's slowing the team down. We recommend the assessment that fits and confirm its fixed price.

  2. 2

    Fixed-price assessment

    We review your environment, write up what is wrong and what to fix first, and walk your team through the report.

  3. 3

    You choose the fix

    Fix it yourself with the roadmap, have us fix the findings, or move to our AWS Landing Zone when the foundation is the blocker. Add ongoing support if you have no platform team.

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Before you book

Questions before
the first call

Do we need to know which assessment to book?

No. Start with the free intro call. We use that conversation to understand your AWS setup, requirements, constraints, and goals, then recommend the assessment that fits best.

What happens on the intro call?

We talk through your AWS environment, what needs to improve, and what is driving it: an audit, a growing bill, a migration, or a setup that has outgrown itself. You leave with a recommended assessment and its fixed price, or a clear answer that you don't need one yet.

Is the assessment fixed price?

Yes. Once we agree on the assessment scope, the assessment itself is fixed price. Larger environments, multi-account setups, or broader reviews may need a larger scope, but you know the assessment price before paid work starts.

What does the assessment actually deliver?

You get findings specific to your AWS environment, ranked by business impact, with a remediation roadmap your team can use. Depending on the assessment, that can include security gaps, cost-saving actions, migration risks, Well-Architected issues, or foundation improvements.

Can we use the roadmap ourselves?

Yes. If you want to handle the fixes internally, you only pay for the assessment. The roadmap is yours to use with your own engineering team.

What if we want you to fix the findings?

After the assessment, we give you a fixed-price quote for the fixes, based on the findings, your account structure, and the size of the environment. Taking it is optional.

When does the Landing Zone make sense?

It makes sense when the assessment shows repeated foundation problems: account sprawl, unclear IAM boundaries, inconsistent logging, manual security controls, or platform work that keeps pulling developers away from building the product. Learn more about the AWS Landing Zone.

Are we locked in after the assessment?

No. You can stop after the assessment, implement the roadmap yourself, ask us to fix specific findings, or scope a larger foundation project. The assessment does not force the next step.

First conversation

Book a free intro call

In 30 minutes we'll look at your AWS setup and what's slowing the team down, then recommend the right next step. If an assessment isn't the right fit, we'll tell you.

  • Free, no commitment
  • Fixed price before any paid work
  • 100% confidential