CAST-AI is the ironsmith of saving
What do you like best about the product?
Keeping track of your CPU is hard, and we started from nodes, watched the drop in price! and now will adopt pods adjustments as well! thank you castAI for your white gloves integration and on going support.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish they would do my home savings that way as well :)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
They choose the right size of EC2 and pods size, which is a dynamic task which requires logging, monitoring, man in the middle and they do it all.
Excellent free and paid tiers providing quick value
What do you like best about the product?
Cast AI gives immediate insights into the costs of Kubernetes when GCP provides murky overviews. This gave me a clear action plan on how to help reduce the cost of compute on GCP, both using cast.ai autoscaling features and basic Kubernetes features.
The security platform was helpful in detecting critical errors and helping with a SOC2 audit.
What do you dislike about the product?
The setup to connect a cluster using helm and not just the automated script would be helpful for clients managing their Kubernetes clusters with tools like Helm and argo-cd.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Cast.ai's autoscaler is more feature-rich and customizable than GKE's autoscaler. This allowed for more rapid scaling up and down for more cost savings.
Cloud cost management helped me understand the per-cluster cost and which cluster to target first based on overall cost and over-provisioning.
Cast AI review
What do you like best about the product?
The bes feature about CAST AI is the way the present the information the views are really intuitive.
What do you dislike about the product?
We can not see the savings that we currently have.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
CAST AI is giving us the actual costs that we have currently in all our clusters.
How cast is able to handle your infra, saving money making and strong and safe infra.
What do you like best about the product?
I like my communication process with the team, and I love to ask for features and support help. They always come to me in less than 5 minutes for calls or messages. The way we delegate to this tool all our infra about gke is impressive we don't worry about the scaling and the recreation of nodes.
Onboarding was super easy because the installation process was very smooth.
Amazing cost savings - we expect to reach savings of around 35% next year due to the fact that we have previously purchased CUDs with Google. They will end next year, and we’re bound to see more savings then.
What do you dislike about the product?
Is hard to find something, but I'll point to a specific topic, but this can be a request only for my company; I always miss some information about our infra prices or the total amount of prices related to specific nodes templates or clusters. I think is most related to our cases.
I also think the process to upgrade the tool is no transparent in different cases I found quite of differents UI bugs related to big impacts.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We have an issue to handle the nodes before using cast, with cast when we need more pods they handle everything.
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What do you like best about the product?
Cloud modernization and Software composition analysis are the best features .They give the best dashboard for application portfolio.
What do you dislike about the product?
This product has some flaws in SCA.Thia does support bbinar analysis
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We can get to know what application need to retire and which application should move to cloud
Kubernetes Optimization in Conexia S.A.
I have had the pleasure of using CAST.AI at Conexia S.A., and I must say, it's a game-changer when it comes to optimizing costs for Kubernetes clusters. This innovative platform offers a range of cutting-edge features that not only enhance cost-efficiency but also improve the overall management of your clusters.
One of the standout features of CAST.AI is its exceptional Autoscaling service for Spot instances. The platform intelligently selects instances with the lowest risk of disruption, ensuring that your applications continue running smoothly even in the face of potential restarts.
The Cost Optimization service is another remarkable aspect of CAST.AI. This feature takes the guesswork out of resource allocation by providing insightful recommendations for assigning resources to each pod in your Kubernetes deployments. This level of granular control allows you to fine-tune your cluster's resource usage, preventing over-provisioning and unnecessary expenses.
However, one of the standout advantages that truly sets CAST.AI apart is the "Evictor" service. This feature goes beyond traditional optimization techniques by intelligently compressing deployments. By identifying and consolidating resources, CAST.AI helps you significantly reduce the number of required nodes, leading to substantial cost savings. The ability to minimize deployment sprawl and achieve more with fewer resources is a major win for any organization seeking to optimize its cloud infrastructure.
In conclusion, CAST.AI is a must-have tool for anyone looking to make the most of their Kubernetes clusters while keeping costs in check. Whether you're a small startup or a large enterprise, CAST.AI has the potential to revolutionize the way you manage and optimize your Kubernetes deployments.
A experience truly positive thanks to Castai's cost-reduction tool and their efficient team
What do you like best about the product?
Castai is an incredible tool that has greatly helped us in reducing our cloud costs. When you use Castai, you also gain access to a wonderful team that is exceptionally efficient and provides valuable advice beyond just cost analysis. Moreover, the company's delivery service is the fastest I have ever seen, and their support team is highly responsive and consistently efficient.
Last but not least, the entire team is filled with talented individuals, and it is an absolute pleasure to work with them on a personal level..!
What do you dislike about the product?
The aspect I find most challenging is perhaps the tool's high level of configurability, which can sometimes make it a bit difficult to fully harness its potential. However, I am thankful that their team is exceptionally adept at guiding users and assisting them in making progress, thus helping to overcome any hurdles and fully utilize its capabilities
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
our cloud cost
a better provisionning
a quicker autoscaler
Senior DevOps Engineer working with Castai on a daily basis
What do you like best about the product?
Helpful in managing clusters autoscaling and making sure we spawn the optimal nodes in regards to costs and size.
What do you dislike about the product?
Release process is not great with a bunch of breaking changes being released very often which requires a lot of changes from customer perspective.
A bunch of costs calculation or UI bugs.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Scaling and costs
Great cost saving product
What do you like best about the product?
* Auto scales Kubernetes cluster based on load.
* Automatically chooses Spot instances when feasible.
* Easy to try and understand value before buying
What do you dislike about the product?
* Not much, Overall it was a very smooth experience.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
* Cost reduction for Kubernetes cluster.
* Detailed metrics on usage of cluster and optimization of usage.
A Kubernetes scheduling tool that we were missing
What do you like best about the product?
The simplicity of installation and use of the platform. In about 20 minutes you have your Kubernetes nodes managed by cast.ai. It was really quick and easy to set up.
The configuration of the different node types is also very convenient and the cost tracking is very powerful.
What do you dislike about the product?
Actually, nothing. The product corresponded totally to our needs and expectations. But if we really want to find something to complain about, we could talk about the price. The pricing per CPU can be disadvantageous in some cluster configurations I think. In our case, we managed to negotiate a fixed price.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Cast.ai allows us to easily track the cost of our clusters and the various Kubernetes applications and namespaces. And in terms of node scheduling it allows us to have Kubernetes nodes faster and better balanced than the basic scheduling of our Cloud provider. Scheduling is the feature that interested us the most, especially for setting up spot nodes (reduced rates) very easily.
