Welcome to the EBS Savings Calculator by Crucial Clarity

This free analyzer will scan the EBS volumes in your AWS account to ensure they are using the most cost-effective volume type for your workload. When the analysis is complete, you will receive an email with a detailed report showing potential savings and recommendations.

Note: This tool is designed to scan a single AWS account. Our advanced analyzer tool can scan multiple accounts across an AWS Organization. To use our advanced tool, please book an appointment with The Cloud Cost Guru.

How Does the EBS Analyzer Work?

The EBS Analyzer uses a CloudFormation stack to deploy a Lambda function that scans your EBS volumes. The function analyzes volume usage patterns and recommends the most cost-effective volume types based on your actual workload requirements.

Step 1: Deploy the CloudFormation Stack

Click the button below to launch the CloudFormation stack in your AWS account:

Launch Stack

Step 2: Review Stack Parameters

This should open a page similar to this:

CloudFormation Stack

Step 3: Configure Parameters

Step 4: IAM Role (Optional)

Depending on your security requirements, you may need to provide an IAM role. This is unlikely for most users, but if your org requires it please provide a role that has iam:CreateRole and iam:AttachRolePolicy permissions.

Step 5: Deploy and Wait

Click "Create Stack" and wait for the deployment to complete. Once finished, the analyzer will automatically scan your EBS volumes and send you a detailed report via email.

Cloud Formation Stack Details

The CloudFormation stack creates the following resources:

  • IAM Role with permissions to read EBS volume metrics
  • Lambda function to analyze volume usage
  • EventBridge rule to trigger the analysis
  • SNS topic for email notifications

All resources are created with least-privilege permissions and can be easily removed by deleting the CloudFormation stack.

Stack Details
Crucial Clarity Analyzer

Crucial Clarity Analyzer

Our EBS Analyzer is part of a suite of cost optimization tools designed to help you reduce AWS spending without sacrificing performance.

The analyzer examines:

  • Volume type vs. actual IOPS usage
  • Throughput requirements
  • Volume size optimization opportunities
  • Snapshot storage costs

Get started today and discover how much you could be saving on EBS costs!

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