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I had a chance to work with Michael at a Startup Weekend last summer, when he was already entrenched into this idea, working a few days a week and then spending the rest on the project. It's great to see that he's gotten the site up and the tool is operational. There are some things that I'd like to see improved from the UI standpoint, but it's better that he's launched where he is - this way more feedback from more people could help him to get even better. Good luck, man!

This is interesting. Reminds me of <a href="http://creditkarma.com" rel="nofollow">http://creditkarma.com</a>. I login to that site about once a month not only to get my current credit score, but also to store and see history.<p>If I managed a big AWS account, I'd be interested in seeing this periodically, but I'd subsequently be interested in knowing what I can do to increase my score, or more importantly, decrease my AWS costs.

Looks great Michael! This is really coming along nicely. I can think of several organizations that would be able to put this to use right away. Regarding the key/password input, I think that most large AWS customers (e.g. Raveld's target market) would be savvy enough to be able to easily create some throwaway IAM keys to submit for the report.

I think this is a novel concept, but I think people will see the password and be a bit skeptical to use it (I realize you can use the secret key). You will need a way to build trust with consumers so that they use your service. As well, you will need to prove that my password (or secret key) aren't logged ANYWHERE for me to use the service.

Nice looking site, but if I were a potential customer I'd be overwhelmed with choice between yourselves, Cloudyn, NewVem, Cloudability, UptimeCloud, CloudVertical... No idea how to compare.<p>Obviously, yours being free forever makes a compelling case!

I like the idea of an overall, single-value "raveld" score.<p>I've seen alot of these types of services popping up lately. How does your service differentiate itself from competitors such as Cloudyn or UptimeCloud?