Case Study: PubNub achieves 98%+ AWS commitment coverage and $4.21M in net savings with Archera

PubNub boosts AWS commitment coverage to 98%+ and saves $4.21M with Archera

PubNub, a real-time communication platform, faced the challenge of closing the last 5% gap in its AWS commitment coverage. This volatile portion of its workload was resistant to traditional long-term commitments like Reserved Instances due to its unpredictable and bursty nature, posing a significant financial risk. Archera was engaged to address this specific problem without requiring additional engineering work.

Archera implemented its 30-day Insured Commitments to cover PubNub's unpredictable usage, creating a three-layer commitment portfolio. This solution autonomously purchased and managed short-term commitments, refunding any unused portion. As a result, Archera helped PubNub raise its commitment coverage from 95% to over 98%, generating $4.21 million in net savings over 18 months with a 41.3% blended discount and zero infrastructure changes.

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