latest updates and improvements in MilkStraw AI.
🥳 Improvements
Added a Resend Invitation button so admins can quickly resend team invites without leaving the members page.
🏗️ UI improvements
Documentation links on the first-touch screen now open in a new tab for easier reference.
Payment receipt links now open in a new tab to avoid losing the current context.
🔫 Bug fixes & improvements
Fixed a few broken docs links in the web app.
🥳 Improvements
Added OpenSearch and ElastiCache Observability — you can now view performance, on-demand usage, and reserved capacity for these services in real-time, alongside EC2 and RDS.
Rolled out a fully redesigned billing experience, including a cleaner layout, improved spacing, and a refreshed billing breakdown table.
Onboarding reminder emails are now sent 1 day after signup (instead of 2), helping users get started faster.
Updated user roles to owner and admin for clearer definitions throughout the app.
🏗️ UI improvements
Improved dropdown menu behavior in tables to fix positioning and cropping issues.
Enhanced billing and members tables for better spacing and responsiveness.
Updated switcher controller so dropdown selections work properly even on pressing Enter.
🔫 Bug fixes & improvements
Fixed onboarding reminder emails to include a greeting, a reply-to address, and correct triggering logic.
Resolved cases of zero bills not showing as processed and ensuring related notifications are sent.
🥳 Improvements
Added OpenSearch contracts to the savings page, expanding the types of services you can track and optimize.
The savings page now shows coverage percentage per service so you can instantly see optimization progress.
Implemented multiple Overall Savings Card states, providing more detailed status indicators for your savings overview.
(Recommend adding a screenshot of the savings page showing OpenSearch contracts and coverage percentages, plus the new Overall Savings Card variations.)
🏗️ UI improvements
Redesigned Settings navigation with a new sidebar layout, making it easier to switch between general, billing, accounts, overview, and members settings.
Fully redesigned Settings Members page and role management UI for simpler, cleaner member administration.
Updated tables with a BlockHeader design and improved color adjustments for easier reading.
Enhanced dashboard chart headers with improved content and sizing.
Added “Enable Trusted Access” option during onboarding for smoother setup.
🔫 Bug fixes & improvements
Updated dropdown behavior to correctly display organization names when navigating.
Fixed redirect issues when accepting invites and adjusted abilities for organization editing.
Adjusted savings calculations to skip inactive or payment-failed contracts and hide fee receipts when fee amount is zero.
Refined recommendation emails and summary email language for clarity.
🥳 Improvements
Added Fluid ElastiCache data to the savings page for broader optimization insights.
🏗️ UI improvements
Updated dashboard chart headers with refined content and sizes for better readability.
Show external IDs in onboarding as password-style fields with toggle visibility controls, making them easier to reference securely.
🔫 Bug fixes & improvements
Fixed monthly summary emails to hide unapproved savings summaries when they are zero.
🥳 Improvements
Organization-Level Experience
We’ve introduced organization-level support — onboarding now covers the entire organization instead of individual accounts.
Billing is now grouped by organization, and you can view aggregated insights across all sub-accounts in one place.
Moved the sidebar into the top navigation bar, making it accessible as a menu for a cleaner layout and easier navigation.
Monthly summary emails now include the count and amount of pending savings, offering clearer financial insights.
🏗️ UI improvements
Combined EC2 and RDS Observability into a single tab with a unified service selector and navigation buttons for easier switching between views.
Updated breadcrumb navigation to clearly show when users are viewing an organization overview.
Added a loading animation to the “Refresh Data” button for better visual feedback.
Flags
🥳 Improvements
Added regional flags for non-default AWS regions, making it easier to identify the region of your accounts at a glance.
Added Cloudflare Turnstile — a privacy-friendly CAPTCHA alternative — to both sign-in and sign-up pages for enhanced security and bot protection.
🔫 Bug fixes & improvements
Fixed issue with certain form fields not rendering correctly in HTML.
Ensured emails now accurately display total savings and updated button links for recommendations.
Skipped sending notifications when no new recommendations are available or data is duplicated.
Improved system performance when handling active accounts and auto-scaling recommendations.
🥳 New
Introduced a Notifications Inbox where users can view, mark as read/unread, and manage all system notifications in one place.
Notifications now update instantly in real-time — you don’t have to refresh the page to see new alerts.
Added “Mark all as read” feature for easier management.
Each notification now includes icons and clearer timestamps for better readability.
🔫 Bug Fixes & Small Improvements
Reduced transition duration for a faster UI response.
Hidden extra scrollbars in notification lists for a cleaner experience.
🏗️ UI improvements
Prioritize user authentication with Google and GitHub over Email for login and sign up pages
The sidebar badges now counts only currently selected account recommendations
🔫 Bug fixes & improvements
Users signups from team invitations will not automatically create another empty team
🏗️ UI improvements
Improve EC2 & RDS columns and colors
Dashboard charts scale is now more specific and accurate
🔫 Bug fixes & improvements
Fix payment method not showing immediately after being added
Introducing Observability
Monitor your EC2 and RDS in real-time.
Cost break down on the resource level.
Summerize your resources across multiple regions in one dashboard.
See how much you lose on unused EBS volumes.
Make first-touch dashboard responsive for mobile
Show the full text in popup when hovering truncated text in tables
Enhance reservation tracking (resulting in improved sell recommendations)
Fix historical charts missing last month data
Auto-join users to team after signup if invitation link already clicked
Introducing Teams
Now users can group accounts into teams and share access with other users, and team will have unified billing and payment method
Flag instances & recommendations as outdated by adding "Upgrade" badges and not allowing users from approving recommendations.
Improve the marketplace efficiency to make applying reservations faster
Implement automatic increasing for service quotas when needed
Fix retired reservations counted into savings amount
Fix pricing issues with certain operating systems
Leave the buying and selling of reserved instances to us with Autopilot.
Our AI will decide when is the perfect time. The best part: Zero down time.
Autopilot Mode
Enables AI decision-making for selected accounts
Users can toggle autopilot settings per account
New badge indicators for recommendation & approval counts
Added instance count per reservation in bills
Improved Approval Page
Added expected total savings metrics
Added month-to-date savings calculations
Combined duplicate reservations for better readability
Enhanced recommendation engine performance and accuracy
Optimized account deletion process for faster performance
Enhanced recommendation engine performance and accuracy
Optimized account deletion process for faster performance
We've updated our on-boarding experience to the next level! All thanks to the feedback we got from y'all. Now our onboarding is seamless and provides details every step of the way.
Revamp onboarding experience:
Redesign it with better UI
Add video examples per step
Include options for read-only permission
Improve system robustness
Better handle missing data due to errors or missing permissions
Enhance data aggregation logic & implementation
We've updated all of our emails because we forgot about them 😂 now our emails provide more context and are more aligned with our brand.
Redesigned all system email templates
Updated transactional emails
Refreshed billing emails
New welcome email sent automatically after signup
Works with regular and OAuth signups
We've added some small improvements that have a big impact on your experience.
Refreshed the company logo
Added smooth page transitions for a more polished feel
Updated first-touch dashboard design
Added helpful counters to Recommendation & Approval tabs
Redesigned error pages for better user experience
Fix inverted unreserved_capacity
Handle incomplete services costs
Better support for EC2 instances that uses GPU
We're introducing our New logo and new AWS mission control. A major Milestone to our vision. This will allow you to get a full understanding of your AWS bill.
Month to Date chart to compare daily current costs to last month.
1 year historical cost and trends.
Optimization summary and recommendations.
Better access permissions check on user sign up
Get more data about users current savings plans for better base workload analysis
Handle missing permissions when trying to fetch customers data
Handle missing data in users pages
Fix double email send for charging notifications
We're introducing RDS, a new addition to our optimization categories. this will allow you to get RDS commitment prices without the associated risk.
Add RDS reservation recommendations
Support RDS multi-az recommendations
Remove forced onboarding
Support desktop & mobile apps with PWA
Add option to see yearly spendings and savings in dashboard
Enhance auto scaling group recommendations
More aggressive EC2 recommendations, now we cover micros and nanos
Fix duplicate chart bug in dashboard
Fix EC2 approvals listing bug for approved and still processing recommendations
Show RDS service details only if there are RDS recommendations
Fix RDS uncovered capacity calculations for small instances
We updated notifications to describe statuses more clearly.
Notifications now pop up on when time-sensitive issues and what should be completed. This gives you more information to ensure important issues get addressed.
Fixed bug for account session in dashboard
Fixed bug for logging in with private github email
New design for empty dashboards & tables
Monthly summary emails
Notification content update
Enhanced saving plans calculations
Now you have a complete overview of your spend & savings with our new dashboard.
Login, to see the dashboard.
Summary of savings
Net spend (EC2 & RDS)
Savings
Pending savings
overview card
You can now see your AWS historical spend.
Last 12 months of spend
EC2 spend
RDS spend
Spend history dashboard
• AI now takes saving plans coverage into consideration.
We've upgraded our on-boarding experience, the foundational layer of your journey with MilkStraw AI. As soon as you login or sign up, you will see improvements across every page.
Sign-in and sign-up are completely revamped.
Google Signup/Sign in
Github Signup/Sign in
Complete re-design
New Signup/Signin
You can now choose the AWS account connection option that make you feel comfortable and secure.
One-click connection with "CloudFormation" by AWS.
Manual setup
Help button to book a call with us
Directly jump to Docs
Of course complete re-design
New AWS account connection
If you choose manual connection, you can now just follow the steps and be done in 5 mins
On-boarding stepper
If you are too lazy you can use AWS CloudFormation for one click connection.
On-boarding one-click setup
We have redefined the foundational layers of MilkStraw AI design to improve the experience and interaction of all interface elements. As you use the Web app, you will see improvements across every page.
Tables, headers, and panels are updated to reduce clutter. The current tables, pop ups, and content are now presented more clearly.
New recommendation table
Pop up got a complete redesign and shows the details you need clearly.
New review recommendation pop up