An independent AWS review for Sydney businesses — a neutral read on cost, security and direction
Independent AWS Review in Sydney
Vendor-neutral · report you own
The old way
Advice from the partner who earns more when you spend more
The Cipher way
A flat-fee review of your AWS — findings you own
Four pillars, reviewed against AWS Well-Architected
A structured, vendor-neutral assessment of your AWS environment, not a sales pitch for more services.
Cost & FinOps
Find waste, rightsizing opportunities and commitment/savings-plan coverage, and set a defensible target spend, without anyone pushing you to buy more.
Security & compliance
IAM, public exposure, encryption, logging and guardrails reviewed against the Well-Architected Framework and Australian privacy expectations.
Reliability & resilience
Backups, single points of failure, multi-AZ posture and recovery objectives, so an outage is a plan rather than a surprise.
Performance & scalability
Architecture and data-path review so the platform scales with load and AI workloads without runaway cost.
How it works
A fixed-scope review, on your terms
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Read-only access
You grant a scoped, revocable read-only role on your own AWS account. We never need write access to review.
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Structured review
We assess cost, security, reliability and performance against the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
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Prioritised report
You get findings ranked by impact and effort: quick wins, cost savings and risks, with a clear roadmap.
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You decide
Implement with your own team, or engage us. The report is yours either way. No lock-in.
The offer
One fixed price. No upsell built in.
Independent AWS Review
From AUD $9,125
Fixed price, agreed up front based on the size of your environment. Report typically delivered within two weeks of read-only access.
National custom software cost guide: rates by city →
Real systems, in production
A sample of what dedicated Cipher teams have shipped on production cloud infrastructure.
Financial services · Full platform · AI assistant
Insurance broker go-to-market platform
20 pages · lead funnel · AI client support
A complete launch platform for an Australian insurance broker: marketing website, lead qualification funnel, client portal backed by a database, and a secure AI assistant for first-line client questions.
Sports & membership · Platform build · Security hardened
Sports membership platform as embedded engineering team
8 months · scaled infrastructure · security closed
Eight months embedded with an Australian sports membership app: secure member accounts, scalable video delivery, fixes after independent security testing, and monitoring the internal team can run day to day.
Advertising · Video automation · Applied AI
AI ad-video production pipeline
Low-cost compute · 3 inputs to finished video
A repeatable video production workflow for an Australian advertising agency. Add a presenter, script, and voice description; get social-ready videos back. No studio, actors, or usage fees.
Research · Document automation · Private cloud
Secure analysis environment with AI agents
Private environment · automated triage · full audit trail
A private cloud workspace for an Australian research firm. AI reads incoming documents and email, pulls out structured findings, and hands them to the internal team. All data stays in the client's own environment.
Questions Sydney teams ask about an independent AWS review
Ready when you are
Get an independent read on your AWS
A vendor-neutral review of cost, security, reliability and performance, with a prioritised report and roadmap you keep.
Vendor-neutral by design
We don't resell AWS or profit from your spend
Client-owned account & report
Read-only access you control; the findings are yours
Australian contracts & invoicing
Legal comfort for your CFO and board