Case Study: Dailymotion makes cloud and LLM costs easy for everyone with Dust

Dailymotion closes cloud budget on target with Dust and answers cost questions in a single conversation

Dailymotion, a major video platform, faced the challenge of managing its significant and complex cloud and LLM costs, which were its second-largest expense. This financial data was trapped in specialized tools, making it inaccessible to the engineers and executives who needed it daily, leading to a lack of visibility and late-quarter surprises. The vendor, Dust, integrated with Dailymotion's internal cost intelligence system, Costory, to address this.

By connecting Costory to the Dust platform, Dust made cost intelligence available in plain language to everyone at Dailymotion. This solution empowered engineers to investigate costs without slowing down and provided executives with direct access to data for board reviews. As a result, Dailymotion gained control of its cloud budget, closing the year within its expected spend for the first time, and built a culture of cost awareness into its engineering workflow.

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