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Amazon Web Services:
Smart Automation for Leaner Teams
Efficiency Comparison: Manual Effort vs. AWS Solutions with ROI of Automating Routine Tasks
Task | Manual Effort Without Automation | Automated Solution with AWS | Example Cost & Time to Set Up | Savings Over 1 Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Data Entry & Reporting (E.g. pulling data from emails, PDFs, websites) | 2–5 hrs/week | Lambda functions + Textract + scheduled reports | ~£700–£1,500 (~8–15 hrs dev) | ~100+ hrs saved = ~£2,000–£3,500 |
Backups & File Syncing (e.g. website files, client deliverables) | 1–2 hrs/week | S3 + AWS Backup + CloudWatch monitoring | ~£400–£800 (~5–8 hrs dev) | ~50–80 hrs saved = ~£1,000–£1,800 |
Client Onboarding (e.g. creating folders, documents, sending intro emails) | 0.5–1 hr/client | Lambda + SES + API integration with CRMs | ~£600–£1,200 (~6–10 hrs dev) | ~50 clients = 25–50 hrs saved |
Invoice Reminders & Payment Chasing | 1–3 hrs/week | SES (email) + EventBridge scheduled tasks + Stripe/Xero API | ~£600–£1,200 (~7–10 hrs dev) | ~100+ hrs = ~£2,000–£3,000 |
Social Media Auto-Posting (e.g. from blog, job updates, etc.) | 2–4 hrs/week | Lambda + API to Facebook, LinkedIn, X | ~£600–£1,000 (~7–10 hrs dev) | ~150+ hrs = ~£3,000+ |
Form Handling & Lead Capture (store, notify, email leads) | Ongoing manual checking & copying | API Gateway + Lambda + DynamoDB + SES | ~£500–£1,000 (~6–8 hrs dev) | 50–100 hrs saved annually |
Image/Video Processing (resize, watermark, compress) | 5–10 mins/file (adds up!) | S3 + Lambda + MediaConvert | ~£800–£1,500 (~10–15 hrs dev) | Scales with workload, saves hrs monthly |