Parsivex is an AI-powered AWS cost optimizer built for startups. You connect your AWS account with read-only access, run a scan, and get a plain-English report that shows where you are overspending and how much you could save each month.
What Parsivex does
Running a cloud bill at a startup is easy. Finding waste inside that bill is not. Parsivex does the detective work for you:
- Connects read-only — Parsivex never modifies, creates, or deletes AWS resources. It only reads billing, inventory, and usage data through a cross-account IAM role.
- Finds waste automatically — Detectors look for idle EC2 instances, orphaned EBS volumes, oversized resources, unused Elastic IPs, and more.
- Explains findings in plain English — Each issue comes with context, an estimated monthly savings figure, and guidance on what to do next.
You stay in control. Parsivex surfaces opportunities; you decide what to fix.
What a scan checks
When you start a scan, Parsivex pulls data from three areas of your AWS account:
| Data source | What we look at |
|---|---|
| Billing | Cost Explorer data to understand where money is going |
| Inventory | EC2, EBS, RDS, S3, Lambda, load balancers, and related resources |
| Metrics | CloudWatch usage signals — CPU, network, request counts — to spot idle or oversized resources |
Those inputs feed automated checks that compare your resources against patterns tuned for common startup workloads. A scan typically completes in a few minutes.
Parsivex only needs read permissions. See our security page for the exact IAM policy and how we handle your data.
What you get
After a scan completes, you receive:
- A savings report — Total estimated monthly waste, broken down by finding type and severity.
- Plain-English findings — Each issue explains what the resource is, why it looks wasteful, and how much it may be costing you.
- Remediation guidance — On paid plans, one-click AWS CLI scripts help you fix issues safely (with dry-run options where supported).
Free plans include a limited view of findings so you can see that waste exists. Paid plans unlock the full report, recurring scans, and remediation scripts.
Who Parsivex is for
Parsivex is designed for founders and small engineering teams who:
- Run production workloads on AWS but do not have a dedicated FinOps person
- Want actionable savings numbers, not a 200-row billing CSV
- Need to justify cloud spend to investors or leadership with real numbers
If you are spending a few hundred to a few thousand dollars per month on AWS, you are likely leaving money on the table.
Plans and pricing
Parsivex offers a free tier (one scan per month) and paid plans with recurring scans, full findings, anomaly alerts, and remediation scripts. See our plan comparison article for a full feature breakdown, or visit the pricing page to choose a plan.
Next steps
Ready to see your own numbers? Head to Your first scan for a step-by-step walkthrough from dashboard to report.