AWS offers hundreds of services, which is overwhelming when you just want to launch. In practice, most startups need a small, well-chosen core. Here’s what we reach for.
The essential core
- Compute — ECS/Fargate or Lambda for most workloads; EC2 when you need full control
- Storage — S3 for files and static assets
- Database — RDS (PostgreSQL/MySQL) or DynamoDB
- Delivery — CloudFront CDN, Route 53, and a load balancer
- Auth — Cognito for user management
Keep the bill low
Right-size instances, use auto-scaling, set budgets and alerts, and prefer managed or serverless services so you’re not paying for idle servers. We’ve cut client cloud bills significantly just by tuning what’s already running.
Build it reliably
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring from day one mean your AWS setup is reproducible and observable — not a fragile, hand-built environment.
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