AWS Well-Architected Framework Review: Free evaluation and optimization

An AWS Well-Architected Review is a structured check of a workload against the AWS Well-Architected Framework. We walk through six pillars—operational excellence, security, reliability, performance, cost, and sustainability—inside the Well-Architected Tool. You get a clear list of High-Risk Issues (HRI), quick wins, and a step-by-step plan to fix gaps without breaking what already works.

Cloud setups drift over time. A review shows where risks and waste hide before they turn into incidents or big bills. You’ll get practical fixes across security, reliability, and spend, plus a simple order of work. Many teams uncover easy savings and remove noisy alerts. It’s a fast way to regain confidence in a growing AWS footprint.

You receive a workload report from the Well-Architected Tool, a prioritized list of HRIs, and a 30/60/90-day remediation plan. We include links and code notes where helpful, cost and performance tips, and owners for each task. The goal is simple: a clear path your team can execute without guesswork or long detours.

Typically, the review and remediation together take around 4 weeks. We then confirm findings, write up the plan, and walk your team through next steps. If you want help fixing items, we schedule a short sprint and tackle the highest-impact changes first.

For eligible customers, AWS funding can cover the review and part of the follow-up work. We confirm eligibility up front and explain what’s included. If funding doesn’t apply, we quote a fixed price so there are no surprises. Either way, you get the same process, the same findings, and the same hands-on guidance.

An HRI is a gap that could cause an outage, security incident, data loss, or needless cost. Examples include broad IAM permissions, missing backups, weak logging, or no multi-AZ plan. We rank each HRI by impact and effort, then map it to a fix. Clearing HRIs is the fastest way to reduce risk and calm on-call.

We cover all six pillars: operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability. The mix depends on your goals. A payments app may lean on security and reliability; a data platform may care more about performance and spend. We keep the session practical and tie every finding to a clear action.

Yes. If your workload is serverless, SaaS, or machine learning-heavy, we include the matching lens. Lenses add domain-specific checks that catch issues general guidance can miss, such as event retries, tenant isolation, model drift, or feature store design. You’ll see lens findings alongside standard pillar items in the same simple action plan.

Reader-level access to the AWS account is usually enough, along with architecture diagrams and a quick system overview. We run the questions in the Well-Architected Tool and review logs, metrics, and alerts where needed. No risky changes happen during the review. Any fixes are planned and executed later with your team’s approval.

You get fewer outages, tighter security, and cleaner bills. The session surfaces blind spots like broad IAM, missing backups, noisy alerts, and wasteful compute. We turn those into a short, ordered plan your team can actually ship. Many clients see quick savings, faster pages or queries, and calmer on-call within the first month of fixes.

Your review is led by certified AWS architects from Cloudvisor, senior experts who run these sessions every week. Cloudvisor has a Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with AWS, so we follow current guidance and know how funding and follow-up work. Expect people who can read your setup quickly, ask the right questions, and turn findings into a clear, do-able action plan.