Case Study: a Fortune 500 enterprise avoids $500K in EKS fees with Chkk

Fortune 500 Enterprise avoids $500K in EKS fees and boosts upgrade productivity 200% with Chkk

The Platform Engineering team at a fortune 500 enterprise faced unsustainable challenges managing their EKS Kubernetes platform. They were at risk of $500K in annual EKS Extended Support fees and forced upgrades, while complex add-ons and extensive coordination with application teams made the upgrade process highly disruptive and time-consuming.

By implementing Chkk's Operational Safety Platform, the team automated upgrade planning and risk assessment. Chkk enabled them to avoid $403K in annual support costs, achieve an 80% reduction in upgrade preparation time, and boost upgrade productivity by 200%, all while streamlining communications and repurposing four engineers for strategic work.