Blamphs | Documentation

Enterprise-grade FinOps solutions for the modern AWS stack.

1. Overview

Blamphs is a premier AWS Cloud Cost Optimization platform designed to bridge the gap between high-performance infrastructure and financial efficiency. Our platform provides automated, real-time monitoring and action-oriented insights, allowing businesses to maximize cloud savings while eliminating "waste" from underutilized resources.

By leveraging Google Antigravity's orchestration, Blamphs intelligently manages the lifecycle of your AWS stack—from serverless triggers to massive big data clusters.

2. Onboarding

Getting started with Blamphs takes less than 15 minutes. Our onboarding process is designed to be non-intrusive and secure.

Prerequisites

  • An active AWS Account.
  • Administrator access to create an IAM Execution Role (Cross-account access).
  • Cost Explorer API enabled in your AWS Billing Console.

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Connect Your AccountNavigate to the Blamphs Dashboard and select "Add AWS Account."
2. Deploy CloudFormationRun our provided "ReadOnly-Optimization" template. This creates the necessary IAM roles for Blamphs to analyze your usage.
3. Discovery PhaseBlamphs will spend 24 hours analyzing your historical spend, tagging hygiene, and resource utilization.
4. Optimization LiveOnce discovery is complete, you will receive your first "Optimization Report" with a breakdown of potential savings.

3. Product Features

Blamphs focuses on five core pillars of the AWS ecosystem:

Compute (EC2)

Automated "Right-Sizing" and Spot Instance orchestration. We detect idle instances and suggest moves to newer, cheaper instance families (e.g., Graviton).

Serverless (Lambda & S3)

We monitor Lambda execution durations and S3 storage classes, automatically suggesting S3 Intelligent-Tiering for unpredictable data patterns.

Networking (VPC)

Analysis of VPC Peering and NAT Gateway traffic to identify expensive cross-region data transfers.

Identity (IAM)

Security-led cost optimization. We flag unused IAM users and roles that may have associated costs or pose security risks.

Big Data (EMR)

Advanced scaling for EMR clusters. Blamphs monitors YARN memory and automatically terminates idle task nodes to prevent "over-run" billing.

4. Security

Security is baked into the foundation of Blamphs. We operate on a Least Privilege model.

  • Data Sovereignty: Blamphs does not read your application data. We only access metadata (e.g., instance types, timestamps, and billing metrics).
  • Encryption: All data in transit is encrypted using TLS 1.2+, and data at rest is protected via AES-256.
  • Cross-Account Trust: We use AWS STS (Security Token Service) for cross-account access. You can revoke Blamphs' access at any time via your own IAM console.
  • Compliance: Our platform is architected to align with the AWS Well-Architected Framework (Cost Optimization Pillar).

5. Billing & Forecasting

Blamphs provides a simplified view of complex AWS invoices.

The Forecast Engine

Uses machine learning to predict your end-of-month bill based on current usage spikes (e.g., EMR job runs).

Anomaly Detection

Get instant alerts via Slack or Email if a resource starts spending at 200% of its normal rate.

Blamphs Pricing

We offer a performance-based model. We only grow when you save.

Free TierFor startups with monthly spend under $2,500.
EnterpriseAdvanced automated self-healing and custom forecasting.

Note: For technical support or "Game Day" testing assistance, please contact the Blamphs Engineering Team via the support portal.