Hunt Down Your AWS Ghosts 👻
Save Your Runway
3-minute setup. Zero finance degree required. Just pure savings. 👻
Join devs saving $200–$5,000/mo on cloud
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Zombie EC2 — t3.xlarge
us-east-1
db-prod-replica
Unused RDS Multi-AZ
eu-west-1
nat-gateway-1a
Idle NAT Gateway
us-east-1
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Unattached EBS 200GB
ap-southeast-1
GhostWatch Command Center
Real-time AI Cost Intelligence
Welcome to GhostScan V3
Simulate your AWS account connection. Select a region to begin an automated cost audit.
Cloud costs shouldn't be a mystery
Confusing dashboards and unexpected spikes make staying on budget feel impossible for individual builders. Let's fix that.
Dashboards are a mess
You shouldn't need a finance degree to understand your AWS bill. We make it obvious.
Hidden waste scales fast
Zombie instances and forgotten volumes eat your hard-earned runway while you sleep.
Zero proactive control
You only find out about cost spikes when you get the bill. Too late to fix them.
Simple. Accessible. Automated.
GhostCost puts you back in the driver's seat with proactive intelligence and a developer-first experience.
Setup in 3 minutes
Connect your account with a secure, read-only role and get immediate insights. No agents to install.
Total Transparency
Stop bleeding runway while shipping code. Spot zombie resources and quiet cost leaks instantly. 👻
Automated Ghost Hunting 👻
Get clear, actionable recommendations to cut waste automatically and keep your cash.
Before vs After GhostCost 👻
Indie hackers and devs save an average of 30% on their AWS bill within minutes.
Without GhostCost
With GhostCost
Drag to see the magic
Connect in minutes.
Four simple steps to take back your budget.
Connect
Securely connect your AWS account using a strict read-only IAM role.
Analyze
Our engine scans your setup, mapping every resource and its cost impact.
Detect 👻
Automatically identify zombie instances and forgotten volumes.
Optimize
Apply smart recommendations to eliminate waste and lower your bill.
GhostWatch — Your 24/7 Co-pilot
Our engine monitors spend patterns around the clock and pings you before waste compounds.
EC2 spend +340% in last 2h — us-east-1
nat-gateway-1a — 0 bytes/h for 14 days
RDS Multi-AZ on dev account — $128/mo waste
Built for speed.
Everything you need to slay your cloud bill.
Cost Monitoring
Real-time visibility into your spending across all services.
Anomaly Detection 🚨
Get alerted the moment a cost spike is detected, not weeks later.
Smart Forecasting 🔮
Predict your end-of-month bill with zero guesswork.
Auto-Optimization
Identify and nuke idle resources with a single click.
Read-Only Access
We just look, we never touch. Your infrastructure stays 100% secure.
Developer-First
Designed for solo devs, indie hackers, and small teams. No enterprise bloat.
Full Developer Transparency
Every read. Every scan. Logged and visible. We never have write access.
Every API call uses strict read-only IAM permissions
STS AssumeRole with ExternalId — scoped & temporary
Full CloudTrail visibility right in your own AWS account
No plaintext credentials ever stored. Zero trust.
How much runway are you burning?
Industry average: 22% of AWS spend is pure waste
Estimated ghost waste 👻
$2,200/mo
22% of total spend
Recoverable runway
$1,540/mo
70% of waste typically recoverable
Fair pricing for builders.
No enterprise lock-ins. Start free, scale when you're ready.
Hobby
For future CTOs 👻
- 1 AWS account
- Weekly ghost scans
- Basic waste detection
- Email alerts
- Community discord
Pro
Full control for the price of a coffee 👻
- Up to 3 AWS accounts
- Daily scans
- Instant Slack/Discord alerts
- Advanced ghost hunting
- Priority support
- Custom thresholds
- API access
Team
The ghost hunter for growing teams 👻
- Unlimited AWS accounts
- Real-time monitoring
- Team sharing & Slack/Teams integration
- Multi-cloud ready
- Dedicated support channel
- SSO & RBAC
- Custom integrations
- All 40+ detection patterns
14-day free trial. No credit card required.
Read-Only. Zero Trust.
You're handing over the keys to your house, so we made sure they only open the front door. We use strict role assumption, read-only policies, and encrypt everything.
Vault Protected
All secrets locked down. Zero plaintext credentials. We treat your data exactly how we'd treat our own.
Read-Only by Design
We never touch your stack. Strict read-only access means your infrastructure stays 100% bulletproof. 👻
Zero Bloat
We only pull the metadata needed to save you money. No application data, no logs, no secrets.
Full Audit Trail
Every API ping is logged and fully visible in your CloudTrail. No mysteries.