AWS Well-Architected Framework Review - findings you can act on, from the team that will act on them.
A structured review of your workloads against the six pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework. You get high-risk issues ranked, a remediation roadmap with effort estimates, and the option to have the same senior engineers execute it at a fixed price.
AWS Managed Service Provider (audited) · Advanced Tier Services Partner · 700+ projects since 2010 · 20+ AWS certifications · 5.0 on Clutch
The six pillars, in practice
Each pillar is a set of questions AWS asks about a workload. We answer them with evidence from your account, not with a questionnaire.
Operational excellence
Runbooks, deployment practices, observability, how incidents are actually handled. Infrastructure as code and change control.
Security
IAM and least privilege, network segmentation, encryption, logging, detection. The pillar that overlaps with PCI DSS, HIPAA and SOC 2 controls.
Reliability
Fault tolerance across AZs, backups that restore, disaster recovery with a tested RTO/RPO, scaling under load.
Performance efficiency
Right instance families, storage tiers, caching, database choices. Where the architecture fights the workload.
Cost optimization
Right-sizing, commitment coverage, Spot, waste. Documented client results after remediation: 34–60% below the starting bill.
Sustainability
Utilization, region and instance choices, data lifecycle - the pillar that usually pays for itself through the cost pillar.
How the review runs
1. Scoping call - 30 minutes
You describe the workloads in scope and what triggered the review: an audit, a migration, an outage, a bill.
2. Review - 5-10 working days
Read-only access. We run the Well-Architected Tool with you, verify answers against the account and rank the high-risk issues.
3. Findings and roadmap
A ranked findings list with effort estimates and a remediation roadmap you can hand to any team - or to us.
4. Remediation (optional)
Fixed price after the review, paid by milestone, delivered in Terraform by the same engineers. Miss a milestone, don't pay for that phase.
What you get
Ranked findings
High-risk issues first, each naming the resource, the pillar question it fails and the fix. No generic best-practice slides.
Remediation roadmap
Effort estimates and sequencing, so the roadmap survives contact with your sprint planning.
Execution by the same team
The engineers who found the issues can close them at a fixed price. No hand-off, no re-discovery.
Evidence for your auditor
Security-pillar findings and fixes map directly to PCI DSS, HIPAA and SOC 2 controls. See Security & Compliance Engineering.
FAQ
Is the review free?
No. It is a fixed-price engagement quoted on the scoping call. A review that costs nothing tends to be a sales call with a checklist; this one produces findings you can act on.
How long does it take?
5-10 working days for a typical scope of one to three workloads, with read-only access to the account.
Do we have to fix the findings with you?
No. The roadmap is written so any competent team can execute it. If you want us to, remediation is a separate fixed-price project by milestone.
How is this different from an infrastructure audit?
The infrastructure audit is our own format focused on cost, security and reliability gaps. The Well-Architected Review follows the AWS framework and its six pillars, which is what your AWS account team or a partner program may ask for.
Thirty minutes, one engineer, your findings list
Tell us which workloads and what triggered the review. You’ll leave the call knowing the scope, the price and what the first findings are likely to be.