What 23 AWS audits of Series A-C SaaS companies taught me about where the money actually leaks

I run cloud cost audits for Indian SaaS founders. Over the last three months I've done 23 of them, all Series A-C, monthly AWS spend ranging from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 38 lakh. Here's what the data actually says about where money leaks in a well-run engineering org. Median waste per account: $3,400/month. Not in the top 10 line items of Cost Explorer. In three places most teams don't check on a Tuesday. Pattern 1: Savings Plan drift Of the 23 accounts, 18 had an active Compute Savings Plan. Coverage