How PAYPS Reduced Their AWS Costs by 35% With Cloudvisor
The Client
PAYPS is the complete solution for digitizing promotional offers for drugstores and cosmetics brands. As the first and only company offering immediate digital coupons in the pharmacy sector, PAYPS helps drive traffic to physical pharmacies and click-and-collect sites. Their multi-channel service can easily integrate into existing loyalty programs on a white-label basis, giving brands and pharmacies more flexibility. PAYPS is committed to keeping its solutions secure, reliable, and affordable as they grow to ensure a great experience for everyone.
- Industry:Retail
- Company Size:2–10 employees
- Country:France
I was able to participate in the Well-Architected Framework Review program, which let me work with Cloudvisor engineers to receive outside feedback on how my infrastructure was built and how to make it stronger and more secure. I am really happy with the whole process. Dawid gave me general guidance along with step-by-step tutorials to help me reconfigure some parts of my infrastructure to make it more secure and more efficient at a lesser cost! What is really interesting is that this advice and support were not just a one-time shot, but I was able to get guidance for as long as it took to implement these guidelines. Regarding cost optimization, after optimizing my infrastructure, I was able to reduce my infrastructure cost by 35%. I highly recommend participating in WAFR to see real and quick benefits from it.
Challenges
As PAYPS expanded, several key challenges emerged.
- First, due to rising cyber threats, PAYPS needed to strengthen security and protect sensitive data relating to pharmacy promotions and consumer transactions. Maintaining a secure environment was critical for PAYPS to ensure customer trust.
- Another challenge was ensuring a reliable platform, even during peak usage times. The web app’s performance is essential, especially when handling large-scale transactions at checkout, where any downtime could impact customer experience and pharmacy operations.
- Lastly, their rapid growth came with increased infrastructure costs. PAYPS needed to optimize its spending without sacrificing the performance or security of its web app.
Solution – WAFR
- PAYPS partnered with Cloudvisor to address these challenges with a Well-Architected Framework Review (WAFR). WAFR is a structured assessment process designed to help organizations evaluate their cloud architectures against best practices established by AWS. This in-depth evaluation of PAYPS’s cloud infrastructure focused on three of WAFR’s six pillars: security, reliability, and cost optimization.
- The review typically takes around a month to complete, allowing us to analyze PAYPS’s existing architecture and recommend actionable improvements. By leveraging WAFR, Cloudvisor provided PAYPS with a comprehensive roadmap for optimizing its cloud environment while addressing critical security and performance needs. By merging Load Balancers and using shared ones, putting resources in private subnets, and removing public IPs, we were able to reduce costs and make the infrastructure more secure at the same time.
AWS Services Used
- Compute Optimizer
- Cost Optimization Hub
- Cost Anomaly Monitor
- EBS Types Changed from gp2 to gp3
- New Elastic Beanstalk environment with private EC2 and shared Load Balancer
Results
Cloudvisor engineers worked with PAYPS to strengthen security, reduce costs, and improve reliability. By reconfiguring infrastructure and applying AWS best practices, the platform became more resilient, efficient, and scalable.
New password policy
Introduced stronger account security requirements.
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Security Hub & Inspector
Centralized findings and automated vulnerability scans.
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GuardDuty monitoring
Enabled continuous threat detection.
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Private RDS instance
Isolated the database for higher security and availability.
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CloudTrail & Athena logs
Delivered deeper insights into API activity.
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Significant cost reductions
Achieved by optimizing infrastructure and resource allocation.
Cloudvisor’s recommendations not only reduced costs but also enhanced performance, security, and scalability. These improvements positioned PAYPS for sustainable growth while safeguarding sensitive financial data.
