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How CloudZero Allocates Spend Differently (And Better) Than Anyone Else

The need to optimize cloud costs is a fact of life for SaaS companies — it’s required to stay competitive. But to optimize effectively, you’ll first need to find a way to accurately allocate all costs to the resources, teams, products, features, and customers that generated them. However, not all cloud cost allocation methods are created equal.

17 SaaS Metrics Every SaaS Company Should Be Monitoring

If your gross margin is lower than 60-90%, you have a weaker SaaS margin than you’d want. This margin can turn away investors, which can limit the amount of capital you can raise to fund growth. Here's the deal. It may not be a revenue issue. It may be that you are not monitoring the right SaaS metrics. The result: you are probably spending too much. And you are probably not aware whether this reflects growth or simply overspending, thus ruining your budget and ROI.

11 Cloud Computing Examples You Need To Know

Using the cloud is like ordering a meal from a restaurant. You can choose the type of food you want. You decide the amount you want to order. And, you choose the frequency you want to have it delivered to you. It's an efficient and customizable way to meet your needs — or is it? Each organization has different needs and considerations, and it takes careful thought to find the model that will best serve those needs.

8 GKE Monitoring Best Practices To Apply ASAP

Kubernetes (K8s) is the most popular container orchestration platform today. But, it can also be quite complex. To overcome this management challenge, you can deploy your Kubernetes containers using the Google Kubernetes Engine, which is a fully managed service. Yet, to get the most from GKE, you still need to follow best practices. And the following best practices for monitoring GKE clusters will help you get started.

How To Combine Multi-Cloud Spend Into One Single View

Picture the last time you were sitting at your desk trying to make sense out of the multiple cloud provider bills you just received. The amounts all change from month to month, and you can’t really compare them against each other because they all use different formats. To say this is a confusing and frustrating situation to be in is an understatement. Perhaps you’re there now, which is why you’ve searched for advice on multi-cloud cost management.

How To Determine The Cost Of Cloud Computing

It came as a pleasant surprise. CloudZero recently discovered over $1.7 million in annualized savings. And, all from our own infrastructure. Otherwise, we would have spent $1.7 million for cloud resources we didn't actually need. Cloud savings stories like this are common with CloudZero customers, and we often find companies spending more than they should in the cloud. If your team is also struggling with managing and controlling cloud spend, then this guide is for you!

How To Transition To Cloud Cost Optimization 2.0

But many businesses don’t have insight into where that money goes and whether or not they’re pricing their products accordingly. CloudZero Founder and CTO Erik Peterson sat down with Erik Carlin, Founder and CPO at ProsperOps, to talk about the transition in cloud cost optimization from 1.0 to 2.0. They explored what data engineering teams need to make informed buying decisions, how to turn data into actionable intelligence, and why you should view cloud costs as an opportunity for ROI.

Reduce Cloud Spend With Engineering-Led Optimization - Not Just Discount Hunting

CloudZero’s research has determined that as many as 60% of SaaS business leaders feel their cloud spend is higher than it should be. Considering cloud spend is a dominant portion of a SaaS company’s operating costs, unexpectedly high cloud bills can be a significant problem. While many SaaS leaders use discount plans to stem the bleeding, we believe the better solution lies with giving your engineers the tools to track and optimize costs as they build.

What Is The Rule Of 40 For SaaS? Here's How To Calculate It

Many SaaS businesses emphasize customer acquisition and retention over growing gross margins, especially during the startup and scale-up stages. It makes sense. A company can grow its revenue faster if it acquires and retains more buying customers as opposed to simply selling more to existing customers. Yet, here’s the thing. Revenue growth measures the increase in the amount of money a business takes in from sales.

How CloudZero Closed A $32M Series B Round In The Weakest Funding Environment In Years

CloudZero just closed at $32M Series B fundraising round in the weakest funding environment since the dawn of the pandemic. The round was led by Innovius Capital and Threshold Ventures, with continued support from existing investors Matrix Partners, Underscore VC, and G20 Ventures. CloudZero is a SaaS product, a data-dense platform delivered via the cloud, mostly to other SaaS companies and digital native businesses (DNBs).