Case Study: SalesLoft achieves sub-30-minute database fixes and 90% fewer temporary tables with VividCortex

Savvy Database Management Lets SalesLoft Equip Sales Teams With Sophisticated Tools, So They Can Win More Deals

SalesLoft, an Atlanta-based sales engagement platform used by growth-oriented sales teams, relies on high-performance systems built on Ruby/JavaScript and databases like Postgres, Redis, and ElasticSearch. As the team practices continuous delivery, their existing monitoring tools lacked visibility into PostgreSQL internals, making it hard to pinpoint slow or resource‑heavy queries and to quickly assess the impact of code pushes—especially without a dedicated DBA.

By adopting VividCortex, SalesLoft gained deep query-level visibility and CloudWatch integration for longer historical analysis. Engineers now compare query performance before and after deployments, frequently fix production issues in under 30 minutes, and used historical insights to cut temporary table usage by 90%, enabling smaller instances and substantial cost savings.

Salesloft

Mike Shepet

Director of Site Reliability Engineering