iHeartRadio

The Challenge

Years of aggressive development had created a sprawl of AWS applications that were inefficient and costly. Provisioned resources that were no longer needed were still running. Rightsizing had been neglected. The VP of Engineering knew cloud spend was too high but needed help bringing it under control — without disrupting the engineering team's workflow.

The Solution

• Full assessment of AWS usage, identifying rightsizing and optimization opportunities across all services
• Tagging implementation to enable accurate monitoring, reporting, and future cost visibility
• Anomaly detection and cost alerts configured to catch spending deviations early
• Recommendations delivered at the service level — iHeartRadio retained full control over which changes to approve and implement
• Collaborative approach: Cloudsaver broke down infrastructure service by service, enabling teams to review proposed changes before action

The Relationship

The engagement shifted how iHeartRadio's engineers think about cloud costs at the development stage. The culture shifted from 'build it, get it out, figure it out later' to considering cloud cost implications at the point of new application development — creating compounding savings beyond the initial engagement.