By Zesty Team

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The Problem

Balancing cloud costs with top-notch performance has been a recurring point of debate and pain in the world of cloud management. Some teams have all but given up on achieving true cost-effectiveness, simply because it interferes with their operational efficiency. Others have compromised on partial savings. 

There are, of course, dedicated native solutions specifically designed to help reduce compute costs, but they rely on customers making a 1-year/3-year commitment. That model is tricky due to the dynamic nature of cloud and Kubernetes workloads: seasonal traffic spikes, experimental AI jobs, or unexpected usage patterns that don’t align neatly with forecasts. 

This mismatch pushes teams to overprovision compute resources to stay fully protected against performance issues. Our research shows that 34% of compute usage still goes uncovered and is paid for at on-demand rates, translating to unnecessary spend.

To make matters worse, managing these plans manually requires constant monitoring and guesswork. For teams already stretched thin, this is time and energy that should be focused on delivering value, not wrestling with financial models.

The Solution

Zesty’s Commitment Manager (CM) introduces a new way forward with Daily Micro-Savings Plans (Micro-SPs). Instead of making a 1-3 year commitment from the get-go, and hoping the predictions its based on would prove to be correct, Zesty’s CM purchases smaller commitment blocks every 24 hours. That way, renewal decisiones can be made daily, based on real usage, and teams get a flexible commitment portfolio that evolves with their workloads.

With daily adjustments, coverage stays high and remains consistent. No more long-term exposure, no more lapsed coverage, and no more periodic frantic recalculations.

How It Works

Commitment Manager starts with the fundamentals: analyzing historical usage, forecasting future demand, and applying tailored optimization policies that reflect the preferences set by each customer. These policies can include setting growth forecasts, choosing a target coverage level (for example, 90% or 80%), and defining the mix between 1-year and 3-year commitments. That mix balances higher savings from longer terms with higher flexibility from shorter terms, depending on each customer’s risk tolerance.

From there, automation takes over. The system continuously aligns commitments with actual usage. If workloads expand, coverage grows. If workloads contract, commitments scale back. This execution is not a one-off adjustment, but a daily cycle that keeps commitments in lockstep with reality

Daily Micro-SPs sit at the heart of this process. Each day, new micro-purchases are made ahead of existing plan expirations, ensuring seamless coverage without gaps.

Over time, these micro-adjustments, along with the blended portfolio of 1-year and 3-year terms, deliver the best of both worlds: the flexibility of daily adjustments combined with the deep discounts of long-term commitments. The result is consistently high coverage and the highest possible savings.

Benefits of using Micro-SPs

The benefits for DevOps teams are tangible:

• Unparalleled Flexibility: Commitments adjust daily to reflect real-world workloads, maintaining flexibility without exposing the team to unnecessary financial risk.
• Cost Efficiency: Customers can capture up to 50% savings compared to on-demand pricing
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  . Savings are realized without the waste of overcommitment.
• Effortless Automation: No more manual monitoring recalculations or manual coverage monitoring. The system handles commitment adjustments automatically.

Consider a SaaS company with highly variable usage: peak traffic during product launches, lower loads during holidays, and unpredictable surges from AI-driven features. With traditional models, these fluctuations would either lead to wasted spend (due to overprovisioning) or painful on-demand bills. With Daily Micro-SPs, commitments evolve in real time, delivering both savings and peace of mind.

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Daily Micro-Savings Plans set a new standard for commitment management. Instead of forcing DevOps  and FinOpsteams to choose between savings and flexibility, they deliver both.

If you’re ready to reduce cloud spend without sacrificing agility, now is the time to explore Zesty’s Commitment Manager. Learn more about how Daily Micro-Savings Plans can transform your EC2 cost strategy.