Since we are heading towards cloud computing to offer agility, digital transformation, and scalability, we are confronted with challenges like elevated cloud costs. Cloud provides flexibility, inefficient usage of resources, inefficient resource management, and inadequate monitoring that can cause substantial over spending.
Here at Sherdil Cloud, we hold the view that cost optimization is as critical as innovation. This is why we help our clients craft smarter cloud strategy- it will help cut costs, yield improved efficiency, along with matching the expenditure on infrastructure to business actual value.
Why Cloud Costs Get Out of Control
It is important to understand the reason why the cloud costs can go spiral before we explore the various means by which Sherdil is contributing:
- Over-provisioned compute instances
- Unused or idle resources operating 24/7
- No automated scaling policies
- Poor backup strategies and data storage
- No insight into usage analytics and detailed cost reports
With no governance, organizations may end up issuing bills for the unnecessary- it can be thousands of dollars in a year.
How Sherdil Cloud Optimizes Costs for Its Customers
1. Right-Sizing Cloud Resources
Sherdil can carry out an audit of the organization’s cloud infrastructure for oversized or underutilized resources. Based on the workload requirements, it is advised:
- Transitioning from workload-optimized to general-purpose instances
- To implement Auto Scaling Groups for real-time demand matching
- Using serverless functions where appropriate (e.g., AWS Lambda)
- This is in order to ensure the company only pays for what they actually consume.
2. Smart Scheduling of Non-Production Resources
Most of the organizations keep test, dev, and staging environments running 24/7— that’s why cloud resources are being wasted during off-hours. Sherdil helps in configuring automated start/stop schedules for these environments, so without affecting the workflow, money could be saved.
3. Leveraging Spot & Reserved Instances
Sherdil can assist clients in purchasing Reserved Instances (RIs) or Savings Plans for forecasted workloads, often saving clients up to 70% compared to on-demand pricing. For batch or trivial jobs, we help leverage spot instances—critical for applications such as data processing or AI model training.
4. Storage Optimization
Storage is a key component of cost unseen. Sherdil helps to reduce storage expense by:
- Identifying redundant or unused snapshots
- Offloading less frequently accessed data to low-cost storage tiers (e.g., Amazon S3 Glacier)
- Automating lifecycle policies for archiving or removal of aged data
5. Cost Monitoring & Alerts
We established budget alerts and real-time monitoring dashboards for providing clients with insight into where the cloud spend is going. This makes possible:
- Cost tracking on department-level
- Early identification of budget exceeds
- Active modifications before cost gets uncontrollable
6. Cloud-Native Automation & Tools
With solutions like Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD pipelines, Sherdil automates infrastructure provisioning to reduce manual errors, and manage expenses. We can also assist in incorporating FinOps best practices into DevOps pipelines such that prices are factored at each implementation.
The Sherdil Edge
At Sherdil Cloud, we do not merely enable an organization to shift to the cloud—we help optimize its utilization. Our team of professionals ensures that cloud adoption becomes a cost burden but continues to act as a strategy driver of growth.
Whether you’re on Azure, AWS, Alibaba or GCP, Sherdil consolidates the tools, frameworks and knowledge for security optimization, cost optimization and performance optimization all at once.
