Strengthening Vinton’s AWS Architecture With a Well-Architected Review
The Client
Vinton is an AI notetaker and meeting intelligence solution built natively on Salesforce. It records and transcribes Zoom, Teams, Meet, and Slack video calls, in-person meetings, VoIP phone calls, and voice notes – turning conversations into structured text inside Salesforce. Vinton maximises team efficiency and reduces administrative effort by generating summaries, meeting minutes, next-step tasks, follow-up emails, and coaching insights that highlight areas for improvement.
With all of this rich information added to relevant records in Salesforce, Vinton
helps to improve the quality of data captured, in context alongside existing
Salesforce data, to power smarter decision-making, drive growth, and ensure
organisations are AI-ready.
Vinton is certified for ISO/IEC:20071:2002 and SOC 2 Type II for Security Trust
Services criteria.
- Industry:Software Development
- Company Size:2-10
- Country:United Kingdom
”The Cloudvisor team has been incredibly helpful throughout the process, even after the audit. They make it easy to navigate AWS, and have helped us tremendously in communicating with AWS. Cloudvisor’s portal gives clear, accurate visibility into our costs, even better than via AWS directly. The engineering team is knowledgeable and responsive, and having access to them via Slack made everything seamless. I would wholeheartedly recommend the audit for anyone looking for ways to optimise backend costs, as well as validation of their AWS architecture.”
Challenges
- Validating AWS Well-Architected alignment across security, reliability, and cost optimisation pillars
- Ensuring the platform could scale reliably and maintain high availability as usage increased
- Identifying backend cost optimisation opportunities and improving visibility into AWS spend
- Need for an impartial third-party audit to ensure there were no architectural blind spots
- Limited clarity on whether their security posture fully met AWS best practices
- Required guidance on optimal use of AWS services and confirmation of architectural decisions
Before engaging Cloudvisor, Vinton felt confident that their platform was built on strong AWS architectural foundations – but confidence wasn’t the same as verification. They wanted independent confirmation that their design aligned with AWS Well-Architected best practices across core areas such as security, reliability, and cost optimisation, and that the platform could scale smoothly as usage increased. This review was not a compliance exercise (they had already achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2022); it was a deeper architectural assessment aimed at validating assumptions, identifying risks, and ensuring the correct use of AWS services. Cloudvisor’s role was to highlight concrete optimisation opportunities, validate security posture, and provide a clear path for long-term architectural evolution.
Solutions
Cloudvisor’s AWS Well-Architected Review gave Vinton an expert evaluation of their existing architecture. The review validated several improvements they had been considering, confirmed their expected impact, and provided the confidence needed to move forward with changes that aligned with AWS best practices.
Validation of architectural assumptions
Cloudvisor reviewed Vinton’s AWS environment and confirmed that their overall architectural approach aligned with AWS best practices.
Assessment of planned improvements
The team evaluated architectural enhancements Vinton had already identified and verified which ones would deliver meaningful benefits.
Correct use of S3 and DynamoDB gateway endpoints
Cloudvisor validated the implementation of VPC gateway endpoints, enabling private connectivity to S3 and DynamoDB and reducing extra costs.
Confirmation of measurable efficiency and cost benefits
Cloudvisor assessed the expected gains from using gateway endpoints and confirmed they would improve cost efficiency and communication performance.
Prioritisation of next steps
The review helped Vinton understand which improvements to implement first, ensuring their roadmap aligned with AWS recommendations.
Overall, Cloudvisor validated Vinton’s approach, strengthened their architectural decisions, and provided clarity on how to efficiently implement improvements in line with AWS best practices.
AWS Services Used
- Amazon S3
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon VPC (including Gateway Endpoints)
- Amazon CloudWatch
- Amazon API Gateway
- AWS Lambda
Results
Through Cloudvisor’s Well-Architected Review, Vinton uncovered meaningful optimisation opportunities, validated key architectural decisions, and gained a clearer path for future growth.
AWS Activate credits securedWith Cloudvisor’s guidance, Vinton successfully secured $10,000 in AWS Activate credits to support their growth.
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Future-ready architectural guidanceCloudvisor highlighted optimisations valuable for future growth without requiring immediate action.
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Meaningful cost optimisationsCloudvisor identified improvements that reduced operational costs without impacting performance or security.
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Independent validation of architectural strengthThe review confirmed that Vinton’s architecture is robust, resilient, and aligned with AWS best practices.
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More efficient use of AWS servicesSmall adjustments improved service efficiency and lowered ongoing backend expenses.
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Increased confidence in platform direction Third-party validation strengthened confidence in Vinton’s architectural decisions and long-term strategy.
Clear roadmap for future improvementsVinton received a prioritised list of enhancements to support long-term scalability and reliability.
