Case Study: Sportunity improves performance and keeps developers happy with DigitalOcean

How Sportunity improved performance and kept their developers happy with DigitalOcean

Sportunity, a sports tracking application behind the TRACX platform, needed to improve performance and reliability as its live-tracking service grew to handle thousands of users during major events. After earlier crashes under heavy traffic and pressure to control hosting costs, Sportunity turned to DigitalOcean for scalable infrastructure and better performance.

DigitalOcean helped Sportunity implement Premium Intel CPU-Optimized Droplets, Managed Kubernetes, Reserved IPs, and automation through its CLI, API, and Terraform. The result was a jump from supporting 2,000 requests per second to over 5,000, with faster, more stable servers and no dropped requests during IP switches. DigitalOcean also delivered more predictable pricing and responsive support, helping Sportunity scale confidently for large events like the Valencia Marathon.

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Niels Schut

CEO and Founder