Spotinst

Spotinst, offered by NetApp (formerly Spotinst), is a cloud management and optimization platform designed to automate and optimize infrastructure for cloud applications. According to the vendor, this solution aims to simplify and automate cloud operations, allowing businesses of various sizes to deliver applications more efficiently while maximizing the value of their cloud investments. Spotinst is used by Cloud Operations Teams, DevOps Engineers, IT Operations Teams, Data Scientists, and Software Developers.

Key Features

Cloud management and governance: According to the vendor, Spotinst provides visibility and insights to effectively manage cloud spend and cost allocation. It offers a scalable approach to optimizing cloud commitments, which is said to help reduce costs.

Infrastructure automation and optimization: The vendor claims that Spotinst continuously optimizes cloud resources for virtual machines, containers, and Kubernetes. This automation of operations is said to result in cost reduction.

Open source data applications: Spotinst, as per the vendor, enables faster and more reliable development of data applications using fully-managed open source solutions such as Apache Cassandra, Apache Kafka, and Apache Spark.

Cloud security posture management: According to the vendor, Spotinst provides contextualized visibility to prioritize and remediate threats. This feature offers continuous monitoring and action to ensure a secure cloud environment.

Eco for reserved capacity management: Spotinst's intelligent lifecycle automation, as claimed by the vendor, helps maximize the return on investment (ROI) of cloud commitment purchases by efficiently managing reserved instances and Savings Plans.

High-availability SLA: The vendor states that this feature ensures the reliable running of mission-critical workloads on EC2 spot instances. It utilizes predictive algorithms and application-driven infrastructure.

Simplified cloud operations: Spotinst, according to the vendor, automates the scaling and provisioning of compute resources for Kubernetes and ECS workloads. It abstracts infrastructure management for easier operations.

Comprehensive cost management: Spotinst, as claimed by the vendor, provides visibility into all cloud spend, including Kubernetes, with cloud-native cost allocation and showback. This helps businesses effectively manage and optimize their costs.

Continuous security: According to the vendor, Spotinst offers continuous monitoring and remediation of security threats. It provides contextualized visibility to ensure a secure cloud environment.

Maximum commitment savings: Spotinst, as per the vendor, offers custom-tailored strategies for purchasing and utilizing reserved commitments, maximizing flexibility and savings for businesses.