Cost Optimization

Cut cloud costs without cutting corners

Our AI-powered cost engine analyzes your infrastructure 24/7, finding savings opportunities you'd never spot manually. Real customers see 30-50% cost reduction within the first month.

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Cost Dashboard

Real-time cost visibility across every cluster

Substrate - Cost Overview

Monthly Spend

$12,480

-23% vs last month

Daily Average

$416

Optimization Potential

$4,180

33% of current spend

prod-us-east

AWS EKS

$5,240

prod-eu-west

Azure AKS

$4,120

staging

Google GKE

$3,120

Provider-Specific Engines

Cost engines built for every cloud

Each cloud provider charges differently. Our cost engines understand the nuances of AWS, Azure, and GCP pricing to give you accurate, actionable cost breakdowns.

Amazon Web Services

Cost factors tracked

EC2 instance pricing
EKS management fee
NAT gateway costs
Data transfer charges
Spot instance savings

Avg. 42% savings found

Microsoft Azure

Cost factors tracked

VM pricing tiers
Managed disk costs
Bandwidth charges
Load balancer fees
Reserved instance discounts

Avg. 38% savings found

Google Cloud

Cost factors tracked

Compute Engine pricing
GKE management fee
Persistent disk storage
Network egress costs
Committed use discounts

Avg. 45% savings found

Automated Actions

Savings on autopilot

Review AI-generated optimization recommendations and approve them with a single click. Every action includes estimated savings and a rollback option.

Scale to Zero

Automatically shut down non-production clusters during off-hours. Resume instantly when developers come online.

Up to 65% savings

Machine Type Downsize

Identify over-provisioned node pools and recommend smaller, right-sized machine types that match actual usage.

Up to 40% savings

Pod Rightsizing

Analyze pod-level CPU and memory usage patterns and set optimal resource requests and limits automatically.

Up to 35% savings

Spot Instance Migration

Safely move fault-tolerant workloads to spot or preemptible instances with automatic fallback to on-demand.

Up to 90% savings

Billing & Reporting

Enterprise-grade billing and reporting

Monthly Billing Per Cluster

Detailed monthly invoices broken down by cluster, namespace, and deployment for accurate chargeback.

Organization-Level Summaries

Aggregate cost views across all projects and teams with executive-ready dashboards and exports.

Historical Cost Trending

Track spending over weeks, months, and quarters to identify patterns and forecast future costs accurately.

Cost Projections

AI-powered forecasting predicts next month spend based on current trends and planned infrastructure changes.

Per-Namespace Attribution

Attribute costs to specific teams and projects at the namespace level for transparent cost allocation.

Real-Time Spend Tracking

Live cost counters update as resources are consumed so you always know exactly where you stand.

Proven Results

Companies using Substrate save an average of $47,000/month

From startups running a handful of clusters to enterprises managing hundreds, Substrate consistently delivers measurable savings from day one.

50%

Average cost reduction

across all connected clusters within the first 30 days

< 5 min

To first optimization

from cluster registration to actionable savings recommendations

$2.1M

Saved for customers

in cumulative cloud spend reduction across all Substrate users

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