Picasso-2026

Picasso (Art.com) achieved ~$471,000 in total AWS savings and ~$15,000 in ongoing monthly reductions after adopting Archera's 30-day GRIs across its Kubernetes, EC2 Savings Plans, and OpenSearch workloads. Facing an unpredictable cloud footprint post-acquisition, the team needed long-term-equivalent savings without long-term lock-in. Archera delivered both — along with consolidated visibility that surfaced waste native AWS tooling had obscured.

picasso

2 Authors

March 29, 2026

floyo

See how Floyo uses Archera to automatically optimize cloud commitments for GPU-heavy AI workloads; Scaling fast without overspending.

floyo

2 Authors

aws-ri-Daily

With Archera, Daily has minimized cloud cost growth while scaling their AWS footprint, saving over $250K as they scaled.

aws-ri-daily

2 Authors

aws-ri-sp-genai-GPTZero

GPTZero was able to use Archera's short-term commitments for their EC2 P instances, saving thousands on their GenAI workloads.

aws-ri-sp-genai

2 Authors

aws-ri-sp-rate-management-checkmate

After switching from another solution, Checkmate was able to save an additional 17% on AWS without the lock-in of 1 and 3 year commitments.

aws-ri-sp-rate-management

2 Authors

azure-genai-savings-checkmate

Seeing the savings in AWS, Checkmate started using Archera's commitments for GenAI, serverless, and database usage and was able to generate additional savings.

azure-genai-savings

2 Authors

Cloud Costs, AWS, Savings Plans

Most teams are leaving cloud savings on the table. Here's why.

June 18, 2026

Most teams skip cloud commitments entirely because the purchasing process is manual, fragmented, and easy to get wrong.The fear of over-committing means teams under-commit, paying on-demand rates for workloads that haven't changed in years.CUDly is a free, open-source CLI that discovers, analyzes, and purchases Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and CUDs in one command across AWS, with Azure and GCP in preview.Dry-run is the default. Nothing is purchased until you explicitly say so. Full CSV audit trail at every step.

The Archera team

2 Authors

June 18, 2026

Savings Plans

Azure Savings Plans: Why Scope Is the Dial Nobody Talks About

June 15, 2026

Scope determines where your Azure Savings Plan discount can apply, not the discount rate itself. Shared scope delivers the highest utilization and therefore the most realized savings. Archera uses it by default. Narrow scopes only make sense for strict chargeback needs, and even then, tagging usually solves it without the utilization cost.

2 Authors

June 15, 2026

Cloud Costs

Cloud Commitments, Explained by a Guy Who's Been Pay-As-You-Go for 17 Years

June 10, 2026

On-demand cloud pricing is a premium you pay for flexibility. At scale, it compounds fast. Commitments can save you north of 80%, but the lock-in risk is real. Cloud providers want you to commit because they need guaranteed revenue to finance data centers. The discounts aren't generosity, they're a business model. Archera insures your commitments: get the three-year rate, but if your usage drops, we pay back the difference. AWS, Azure, and GCP all sell it through their own marketplaces. In 2026, GPU commitments aren't just about saving money, they're often the only way to get capacity at all.

The Archera team

2 Authors

June 10, 2026

Cloud Costs, AWS

How to Optimize Cloud Usage Across Dev, Staging, and Prod to Cut Waste Without Slowing Down the Team

June 1, 2026

Non-production environments typically account for 20–40% of cloud spend but are rarely committed or actively governed Dev, staging, and production require different optimization tactics — blanket policies create unnecessary friction Automatic scheduling, rightsizing standards, and expiration policies are the highest-leverage levers for dev environments Semi-permanent staging environments are strong commitment candidates — short-term discount instruments capture savings without lock-in risk Tagging, showback reporting, and unit economics visibility are foundational to sustained multi-environment optimization

The Archera Team

2 Authors

June 1, 2026

Announcements

Archera + Sedai: How We're Closing the Gaps in Your Cloud Budget

May 13, 2026

Sedai and Archera are partnering to optimize the entire cloud cost lifecycle, from insurance-backed commitments to the configuration of individual cloud resources. For FinOps and finance teams under pressure to cut cloud spend without adding headcount; this closes two gaps that have been quietly compounding your losses.

Archera team

2 Authors

May 13, 2026

Azure

Archera Now Fully Supports FOCUS 1.2 for Azure: Why This Matters for Your FinOps Practice

March 12, 2026

FOCUS 1.2 is the most significant leap forward in cloud billing standardization yet — and Archera is fully supporting it for Azure from day one. This post breaks down what the new spec actually delivers, why it matters for commitment coverage and multicloud reporting, and what Archera's support means for your FinOps practice in production.

Joshua Corbett | Field CTO

2 Authors

March 12, 2026

Cloud costs

EC2 Cloud Cost Optimization: Why Doing Everything Right Still Is Not Enough

February 26, 2026

EC2 cost optimization is often treated as a usage problem — right-sizing instances and eliminating waste. But even well-optimized environments continue to see rising AWS spend. This article explains why true EC2 optimization spans two layers: operational efficiency and financial strategy. While infrastructure may be well managed, commitment decisions around Reserved Instances and Savings Plans often introduce long-term risk as environments evolve. Sustainable savings aren’t about perfect forecasting — they’re about building a flexible cost strategy that adapts over time.

Archera

2 Authors

February 26, 2026

Cloud Costs

Unit Economics: The Math That Makes or Breaks Your Cloud Savings

February 11, 2026

Cloud unit economics explain whether cloud cost optimization actually delivers ROI. Learn how FinOps, rate optimization, and smarter commitments drive real cloud savings.

Joshua Corbet | Field CTO, Azure

2 Authors

February 11, 2026

Team Insights

AI, Cloud Spend, and Workforce Shifts: What Amazon’s Latest Job Cuts Signal About the Next Phase of AI Adoption

February 3, 2026

Insights from Archera Co-Founder and CEO Aran Khanna following his BBC World Business Report interview

Cody Murray-Bruce

2 Authors

February 3, 2026

Cloud Costs

Stop Leaving Cloud Savings on the Table: A Deep Dive on Usage vs. Rate Optimization

January 20, 2026

Cloud infrastructure represents the second-largest operating expense for most organizations after salaries, with studies suggesting up to 30% of cloud spend goes to waste. That's not a typo—nearly a third of your cloud budget is effectively lighting money on fire. The challenge? Most teams treat cloud cost optimization as a single problem when it's actually two very different disciplines.

Joshua Corbett | Field CTO, Archera

2 Authors

January 20, 2026

Azure

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January 6, 2026

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Jane Doe

2 Authors

January 6, 2026

AWS

Streamlined AWS Onboarding with IAM Temporary Delegation

November 19, 2025

We just shipped a one-click AWS onboarding flow using IAM temporary delegation. Here’s how it works.

Jaren Tilley

2 Authors

November 19, 2025

Cloud Basics • AWS

Why buy on the AWS Marketplace?

February 3, 2022

The AWS Marketplace is a great platform for customers to procure services that are guaranteed to be AWS approved, fully integrated with the AWS framework, and count towards their annual spend commitment in their EDP.

Sahil Armaan Kumar

2 Authors

February 3, 2022

Savings Plans

Why Savings Plans Aren't Enough

November 2, 2020

AWS Saving Plans can provide significant savings over On-Demand, but come with their own set of trade-offs. See how Savings Plans compare with other purchasing strategies.

Nate Solon

2 Authors

November 2, 2020

AWS

How AWS Pads Profits Through Pricing Complexity

March 15, 2021

Customers purchasing AWS services often face the classic "knapsack" problem when it comes to optimizing their purchases. Learn how you work around AWS pricing complexity.

Conor Garside

2 Authors

March 15, 2021

AWS

What is a Cloud Private Pricing Term Sheet?

May 12, 2021

Private Pricing is a cost saving mechanism offered by cloud vendors for enterprise customers with large spends, generally over $500,000 annually.

Aniqa Hassan

2 Authors

May 12, 2021

AWS

Chasing the Dragon: The Myth of Rightsizing First

July 3, 2021

Rightsizing first will not necessarily lead to more savings. In this article we explain why.

Jason Burt

2 Authors

July 3, 2021

AWS

Why Does AWS Have So Many Services?

July 20, 2021

Why does AWS have so many services? We spoke with insiders on how and why over 200 products have been released.

Nate Solon

2 Authors

July 20, 2021

Cloud Center Of Excellence

What is a Cloud Center of Excellence and how is it different from FinOps?

August 11, 2021

Cloud Centers of Excellence and FinOps have emerged in response to growing usage of the cloud. While related, they are not the same thing.

Gene Volfe

2 Authors

August 11, 2021

Cloud Basics

The Magic of Cloud Computing

August 18, 2021

This article is the first installment in a series of blog posts aimed at helping our readers learn about the various facets of cloud computing.

Sahil Armaan Kumar

2 Authors

August 18, 2021

Cloud Center Of Excellence

Find the Right KPIs to Measure the Success of Your CCoE

August 24, 2021

This is the second post in our series dedicated to Cloud Centers of Excellence (CCoE). In this article we discuss how to develop key performance indicators (KPIs) and provide example questions by the area of CCoE performance you are trying to measure.

Gene Volfe

2 Authors

August 24, 2021

Cloud Basics

An Overview of the Most Commonly Used AWS Services

August 31, 2021

This article provides an introduction to some of the most commonly used services provided by AWS including: analytics, compute, containers, database, and machine learning.

Sahil Armaan Kumar

2 Authors

August 31, 2021

Cloud Center Of Excellence

What Resources and Tools Do You Need to Build and Manage a CCoE?

September 8, 2021

Any resources and tools your cloud center of excellence uses should embrace cloud adoption as an on-going transformational process.

Gene Volfe

2 Authors

September 8, 2021

Cloud Center Of Excellence

Who Should Be On Your Cloud Center of Excellence Team?

August 14, 2021

This article explains how to identify team members for your cloud center of excellence.

Gene Volfe

2 Authors

August 14, 2021

Cloud Basics

An Overview of Containers

September 23, 2021

In this post we take a step back and examine what containers really are, why the Kubernetes platform has such a large user base, how cloud computing helps companies utilize containers, and why you might choose to use them.

Sahil Armaan Kumar

2 Authors

September 23, 2021

Announcements

Announcing Archera’s Series A Funding

September 29, 2021

The Archera team is incredibly excited to announce that we have completed a $7 million series A funding round co-led by Amplify Partners and Ridge Ventures.

Aran Khanna

2 Authors

September 29, 2021

Cloud Basics

What is Kubecon?

October 5, 2021

Learn about the history of the annual KubeCon conference and the focus of this year's event, hosted in both virtually and in person in Los Angeles from October 13-15 2021.

Sahil Armaan Kumar

2 Authors

October 5, 2021

Team Insights

How we used Tilt to accelerate our product feedback loop

October 12, 2021

Learn how the engineering team was able to find and use Tilt with our Kubernetes set up to speed up code review and accelerate integrating customer feedback in the product.

Jason Burt

2 Authors

October 12, 2021

Containers & Kubernetes

How Container and Kubernetes Costs are Generated

October 13, 2021

Learn how costs are generated on Kubernetes and containers, and what makes attribution difficult.

Gene Volfe

2 Authors

October 13, 2021

Cloud Basics

An Overview of AWS Instance Purchasing Options

October 21, 2021

Learn about the different ways to purchase AWS instances, from on-demand to reserved instances.

Sahil Armaan Kumar

2 Authors

October 21, 2021

Cloud Basics

A Deep Dive Into Cost Savings Offerings from AWS

November 3, 2021

Learn how different cost-savings offerings from AWS compare and how to generate the most savings.

Sahil Armaan Kumar

2 Authors

November 3, 2021

Team Insights

What we learned deploying Vault and Consul on Kubernetes

November 23, 2021

Learn how our engineering team found a system for secret management that was open source and could work with our Kubernetes set up.

Bikramdeep Singh

2 Authors

November 23, 2021

Cloud Basics

What is AWS re:Invent?

December 1, 2021

Learn more about the re:Invent 2021 conference, and ways to participate virtually.

Sahil Armaan Kumar

2 Authors

December 1, 2021

Cloud Basics • AWS

Recap of Major Announcements re:Invent 2021

December 10, 2021

Read for a quick recap and summary of major announcements during re:Invent 2021.

Sahil Armaan Kumar

2 Authors

December 10, 2021

Team Insights

Quant Led Cloud Resource Automation: When options trading and cloud commitment management collide

December 14, 2021

Learn more about CTO and Co-Founder Nikhil Khanna's background and how his experiences with financial modeling helped create Archera's platform.

Sahil Armaan Kumar

2 Authors

December 14, 2021

Cloud Basics

What are AWS Reserved Instances?

January 13, 2022

AWS Reserved Instances are a way to purchase AWS services at a discounted price.

Gene Volfe

2 Authors

January 13, 2022

AWS

KPIs to Evaluate your Cloud Cost Management Strategy

March 8, 2022

There are many KPIs teams teams can choose to track and analyze, but the question remains - which KPIs are the most important?

Sarah Hussainy

2 Authors

March 8, 2022

AWS

What is a net savings rate?

March 8, 2022

In this blog we will cover what the Net Savings Rate is, and why you should care about it.

Jim Gallagher

2 Authors

March 8, 2022

Podcast Appearances

Storage Unpacked

March 17, 2022

Learn about our recent appearance on the Storage Unpacked Podcast

Sahil Armaan Kumar

2 Authors

March 17, 2022

Podcast Appearances

Big Break Software

March 31, 2022

Learn how Archera CEO Aran Khanna came up with his MVP and developed the company into what it is today.

Sahil Armaan Kumar

2 Authors

March 31, 2022

Podcast Appearances

Data Leadership Sessions

April 11, 2022

Learn about Aran Khanna's appearance on the Data Leadership Sessions Podcast where he discussed his own unique journey of becoming a CS major and now entrepreneur, and also discussed some important cloud trends.

Sahil Armaan Kumar

2 Authors

April 11, 2022

Cloud Costs • Team Insights

Automating Cloud Cost Optimization for Startups

May 3, 2022

Learn how startups can use Archera to automate the optimization of cloud costs.

Jim Gallagher

2 Authors

May 3, 2022

Team Insights

Why I joined the Archera team

May 13, 2022

Learn about Archera's newest team member - Product Advisory Ram Parasuraman and why he joined our team.

Ram Parasuraman

2 Authors

May 13, 2022

AWS

Top 5 Reasons Companies use Archera to Optimize AWS Commitments

February 27, 2023

Top 5 Reasons Companies use Archera to Optimize AWS Commitments

Emma Gordon

2 Authors

February 27, 2023

AWS

Next Generation Archera Commitment Planner Emma Gordon

March 9, 2023

Next Generation of Commitment Planner from Archera

Emma Gordon

2 Authors

March 9, 2023

Cloud Basics • AWS • Cloud Costs

De-Risking Reserved Instance Arbitrage for MSPs

April 17, 2023

Unlock the full potential of your cloud resources with Archera's innovative Guaranteed Reserved Instances, designed to optimize performance, de-risk Reserved Instance arbitrage, and enhance your profit margins.

Emma Gordon

2 Authors

April 17, 2023

Announcements

Introducing Archera's Exciting New Affiliate Marketing Program!

April 17, 2023

Become a part of our affiliate community and earn attractive commissions by promoting Archera's innovative cloud management solutions!

Emma Gordon

2 Authors

April 17, 2023

Cloud Basics

Cloud Service Provider Comparison: AWS, Azure, GCP

February 10, 2022

Learn about the differences in three major cloud services providers.

Sahil Armaan Kumar

2 Authors

February 10, 2022