The Challenge
With such a rich, distributed architecture and complex multi-tenancy in place, Shasta struggled to answer a critical question: what
was the true cost of each new feature and workload? Rapid growth meant cloud spend could quickly spiral out of control unless
every dollar was accounted for. The engineering team needed:
- Granular cost visibility: Break down spend by microservice, feature, and environment
- Business alignment: Map infrastructure costs back to revenue–generating capabilities
- Optimization insights: Spot high–impact savings opportunities
- Customer–level forecasting: Understand cost per customer to drive accurate budgeting and pricing
Our Solution
Shasta selected the Attribute platform to access consumption–based cost metrics at workload and customer granularity. Within a
couple of days after installation, the Shasta team got access to powerful cost reporting:
- Workload breakdown: Real–time cost allocation by Kubernetes pod, Kafka topic, Redis cache, and more
- Feature & tenant level insights: Pinpoint which services were driving the biggest spend
- Optimization recommendations: Highlight configurations and architectural tweaks to trim waste
- Customer cost reports: Automated dashboards showing spend per tenant, enabling proactive forecasting
Attribute’s platform is truly unique. We now have crystal‑clear visibility into our cloud spend at the workload and tenant level—and that insight has already led to actionable savings and powerful insights as we further scale our service. With Attribute powering their cost‑management strategy, Shasta can continue scaling confidently, making data‑driven decisions, optimizing unit economics, and delivering even greater value to their MSP customers.
