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Overview
The Challenge
CommentSold was running most of their AWS environment using On-Demand instances, resulting in higher monthly costs as On-Demand is the most expensive purchase type. The company wanted to reduce their AWS spend but was hesitant about making long-term commitments due to the evolving nature of their business. Additionally, the small DevOps team had multiple mission-critical responsibilities, making it difficult to focus on cost optimization.
The Solution: nOps Commitment Manager
nOps provided CommentSold with a comprehensive and seamless cloud optimization solution. The onboarding process was smooth and seamless – CommentSold deployed nOps quickly and easily. nOps reduced CommentSold On-Demand costs by 34% without any long-term commitments, making it easy to gain internal buy-in from the internal team.
Commitment Management: nOps’ AI-driven Commitment Management automatically determined the right level of commitment for Savings Plans (SPs) and Reserved Instances (RIs), ensuring they were fully utilized.
Compute Copilot: This tool helped CommentSold manage their Auto Scaling Groups and reduce their EC2 costs by balancing and optimizing their usage of Savings Plans, Reserved Instances, Spot and On-Demand instances. With Compute Copilot, CommentSold reduced their ASG costs by 42% in their Development and QA accounts.
Experience Working with nOps
According to Matt Morgan, Head of Engineering & Product, US, the onboarding experience with nOps was exceptional. “When we deployed nOps, everything just worked right from the beginning. I didn’t have to change anything. It was great,” he said. The seamless integration and immediate results made it an easy decision for the team to adopt nOps.
Business Impact
With the implementation of nOps, CommentSold achieved significant cost savings and operational efficiencies:
- Reduced Costs: By leveraging nOps’ automated commitment management and Compute Copilot, CommentSold reduced their On-Demand costs by more than 34%, saving them hundreds of thousands of dollars each year. This allows CommentSold to reinvest those savings into new initiatives.
- Time Savings: The automated tools and seamless integration saved the DevOps team valuable time, allowing them to focus on core projects and strategic initiatives.
- Flexibility and Efficiency: nOps’ solutions provided the flexibility CommentSold needed, allowing them to optimize costs without the burden of long-term commitments.
CommentSold’s partnership with nOps allowed them to optimize their AWS costs and improve operational efficiency. The seamless onboarding, significant cost savings, and enhanced visibility have made nOps an indispensable tool for CommentSold.
