Robust Haven71% Cloud Cost Reduction
How we helped a growing company slash their Google Kubernetes Engine bill by implementing intelligent scale-to-zero and workload optimization.
The Problem
Cloud costs were out of control with no clear path forward.
Runaway Cloud Bills
Monthly GKE costs kept climbing with no clear explanation or accountability.
Always-On Waste
Services running 24/7 even when traffic was near zero overnight and weekends.
Over-Provisioned Resources
Pods allocated far more CPU and memory than actually used, burning budget.
No Visibility
Leadership lacked dashboards to see where money was going or why.
Our Approach
Smart automation that cuts waste without sacrificing performance.
Scale-to-Zero with KEDA
Workloads automatically scale down to zero replicas when idle, eliminating overnight waste.
Smart Traffic Routing
EnvoyFilter intercepts requests to sleeping services and wakes them on-demand in milliseconds.
Right-Sized Resources
Resource requests and limits tuned to actual usage patterns, not worst-case guesses.
Cost Observability
Clear dashboards showing spend by service, team, and environment with trend alerts.
The Results
Measurable impact delivered in weeks, not months.
Monthly GKE spend dropped from baseline
Zero service disruptions during optimization
Cold-start latency for scaled-to-zero services
Full cost attribution across all workloads
How We Did It
A proven process for sustainable cost optimization.
Discovery & Audit
Mapped all workloads, analyzed actual resource usage vs. allocated, and identified optimization opportunities.
KEDA + EnvoyFilter Implementation
Deployed KEDA for event-driven autoscaling with scale-to-zero capability. Configured EnvoyFilter to intercept traffic and wake sleeping pods on-demand.
Resource Right-Sizing
Adjusted CPU and memory requests/limits based on actual metrics, eliminating over-provisioning without risking stability.
Monitoring & Validation
Built cost dashboards for ongoing visibility and validated savings over multiple billing cycles.
See It In Action
Watch the scale-to-zero system respond to traffic.
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