Case Study: PBS streamlines cloud cost reporting and allocation with Vantage

PBS saves 300+ lines of code and simplifies cloud cost reporting with Vantage

The Public Broadcasting Service (pbs), an American public broadcaster, struggled to accurately allocate its AWS cloud costs to individual teams using Cost Explorer. This process required significant manual effort and lacked the built-in modeling needed to properly manage reservations and prevent overspend.

Using Vantage, PBS implemented detailed cost reporting and filtering to automate allocation and simplify monthly reporting. Key features like showback support, reserved instance attribution, and API access provided increased visibility, which led to a direct reduction in cloud costs. Vantage saved the team hundreds of lines of code and replaced hours of tedious spreadsheet work with an automated, precise workflow for managing cloud spend.

Public Broadcasting Service (pbs)