An independent AWS review for Hobart businesses — without the mainland markup
Independent AWS Review in Hobart
Vendor-neutral · report you own
The old way
Consultants selling you cloud you don't need
The Cipher way
An independent read on what your AWS actually needs
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.
02
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.
04
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.
Real systems, in production
A sample of what dedicated Cipher teams have shipped on production cloud infrastructure.
AI agents · Financial services
Secure internal agent platform
SSO · RBAC · Full audit logging
Internal AI agents for a regulated firm, wired into core systems with access control and governance built in from day one — not bolted on after launch.
Workflow automation · Media
AI ad-video production pipeline
$0.40/hr GPU · 3 inputs to finished video
Automated synthetic UGC for an advertising agency. Presenter, script and voice in; social-ready video out — no studio, actors, or manual editing.
Questions Hobart 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