This happened at one of the first startups I worked at also. They were burning through a ridiculous amount of capital on AWS silly charges here and there. I think they were spending somewhere in the range of 5-6x what they really should have been spending just because they were "testing" features and forgetting about them.
It's why all of my projects sit on DO and I only really use Route 53 from AWS.
It's why all of my projects sit on DO and I only really use Route 53 from AWS.