Case Study: PREPWORKS achieves scalable, cost-effective cloud infrastructure and reliable database scaling with Joyent

PREPWORKS - Customer Case Study

PREPWORKS, founded in 2005, is an award‑winning educational technology company that delivers adaptive, results‑guaranteed programs to improve secondary student performance by creating a 1:1 tutoring experience online. Building this sophisticated, data‑driven platform required a highly scalable, customizable cloud infrastructure that could handle large, simultaneous logins and free the team from day‑to‑day server management as the company expanded.

PREPWORKS moved to Joyent for managed infrastructure and database scaling, gaining easier node provisioning, load balancing, and integration with monitoring tools while cutting hosting costs (reported as double the resources for half the cost). The change supported rapid growth and peak utilization scenarios (50–70% concurrent use), helped sustain momentum after winning a Best Education Software award, and positioned PREPWORKS to scale to tens of thousands of students and beyond.

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Michael Penney

CTO at PREPWORKS