What does AWS vendor management cover at enterprise scale?

AWS vendor management covers the Enterprise Discount Program (EDP), Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, Marketplace spend, and the support tier, governed as one portfolio rather than separate lines. The EDP commitment and the Savings Plan coverage are the two largest levers. Most waste sits in idle commitment and over bought support.

How much can disciplined AWS vendor management recover?

Across the AWS estates we benchmarked in 2024 to 2025, disciplined vendor management recovered roughly 15 to 30 percent of annual spend through EDP sizing, Savings Plan coverage, and right sizing. The recovery compounds because the EDP discount and commitment coverage stack.

How is an AWS EDP sized correctly?

An EDP should be sized to a defensible spend floor, not the AWS account team's forward forecast. The buyer side move is to commit the base you are certain to consume and keep growth out of the floor, so unused commitment does not strand.

Should AWS Marketplace spend count toward the EDP?

Yes, eligible AWS Marketplace purchases draw down against the EDP, letting buyers meet the commitment with third party software they already buy. Routing eligible spend through Marketplace is an underused way to de risk an aggressive EDP.

When should AWS commitments be renegotiated?

Renegotiate ahead of the EDP anniversary, with 90 to 180 days of usage trend in hand. Without a usage baseline AWS sizes the next commitment, and the buyer carries the cost of headroom never used.

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Control AWS spend across five buyer side levers

Five levers control AWS spend: the EDP commit, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Marketplace pull through, and the support tier reset.

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