Case Study: WooRank achieves 30% cost savings with Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s Kubernetes

How Kubernetes helped a startup manage 50 microservices with 12 engineers—at 30% less cost

Woorank, an adtech startup, faced challenges managing its 50-microservice architecture with a small team of 12 engineers. Their previous infrastructure, built on Mesos, required significant manual upkeep and custom tooling, which was cumbersome and inefficient. Seeking more automation and self-healing capabilities, the company turned to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) for a solution.

The solution involved adopting Kubernetes on AWS, along with other CNCF tools like Fluentd, Prometheus, and OpenTracing. This provided the automation Woorank needed, drastically reducing maintenance overhead. The measurable impact was substantial: the company achieved 30% cost savings, nearly doubled its deployment rate, and reduced infrastructure updates from days to a few hours. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation's technologies enabled a small team to manage a complex infrastructure with vastly improved efficiency.

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Nils De Moor

CTO/Cofounder