Use case
Stop paying for idle databases
Idle RDS and cache instances quietly bill around the clock. Lizrd spots them and tells you what's safe to stop or schedule.
eks · prod-workers
$4,800/mo
High
rds · analytics-staging
$1,180/mo
Medium
ecs · checkout-api
$640/mo
High
ec2 · 14 × gp3
$312/mo
High
The problem
A staging database with zero connections. A cache nobody reads. A replica left over from a migration. They run at ~1% utilization and bill 24/7 — and nobody notices, because no one owns “the idle stuff”.
How Lizrd fixes it
Lizrd reads connection counts, utilization, and configuration read-only, flags the databases and caches doing no real work, and tells you what’s safe to stop, schedule off-hours, or remove — with the evidence behind each call.
The outcome
You reclaim spend that was pure waste, with the confidence that you’re not turning off something that matters. Lizrd confirms the realized saving afterward.
“Two 'temporary' RDS instances had been idling for months. Lizrd flagged them with the usage history, so stopping them wasn't a debate.”
More ways to save
Cover steady usage with commitments
Savings Plans and committed-use discounts are free money on steady baselines — if you size them right. Lizrd finds your safe, always-on floor to commit against.
Cut idle networking waste
Idle NAT gateways, unattached elastic IPs, and load balancers with no traffic bill around the clock. Lizrd finds them and confirms what's safe to remove.
Delete orphaned resources
Unattached volumes, unused IPs, and stale snapshots keep billing with nothing using them. Lizrd finds them and confirms they're safe to remove.
Find this in your own cloud
Connect read-only and Lizrd surfaces the highest-impact fixes — with the exact change to make.