Cutting a Client's CloudFront Bill by ~87% with AWS's New Flat-Rate Plans

A client came to us in shock over their CloudFront bill — $1,500/month during their peak sales period. Here’s how we got it down to $200/month. Hi everyone 👋 A client reached out to us after opening their AWS invoice during their busiest sales month of the year and seeing CloudFront alone hit ~$1,500/month, with the vast majority of that coming from data transfer out to their customers. They weren’t looking for a full re-architecture — they just wanted to know: is this normal, and can anything be done about it?