About Heartfulness

1. Heartfulness is an educational & volunteer-based non-profit organization that offers practical and innovative approaches supporting spiritual evolution throughout the world and includes a wide range of resources to meet different levels and needs which includes aspects of meditation, relaxation, leadership, well-being, and lifestyle.
2. With a vast network spanning multiple countries, the team relies heavily on public cloud infrastructure i.e., GCP and AWS to support its digital platforms, including its website, and mobile app.
3. The organization values efficiency and cost-effectiveness in its operations to ensure resources are maximized for its core mission of spreading mindfulness practices worldwide.

Challenges faced

1. Heartfulness was experiencing escalating cloud costs without a clear understanding of where expenditures were occurring.
2. With a complex and distributed infrastructure, tracking and analyzing cloud spending across various regions and services was challenging.
3. The lack of visibility into cost drivers made it difficult for Heartfulness to optimize resource allocation and control budget overruns effectively.

Solution implemented with Economize

1. Economize helped Heartfulness, to gain insight and control over their cloud spending.
2. The platform provided with comprehensive reports detailing their cloud usage, expenditures, and cost-saving opportunities.
3. Utilizing the recommendations feature, the team could identify areas of inefficiency and prioritize optimization efforts to reduce their cloud expenditure.
4. With real-time notifications system, including alerts and summaries, kept the whole team informed about cost spikes, anomalies, and budget overruns, enabling proactive decision-making.

Outcomes

1. Achieved substantial cost savings by optimizing resource utilization and implementing cost-effective strategies.
2. Gained granular visibility into cloud costs, enabling data-driven decision-making and proactive cost management.
3. Improved accountability and cost awareness across teams through chargeback and cost allocation mechanisms.
4. Streamlined cloud cost governance and established best practices for efficient resource management.
5. Enabled long-term sustainability and efficient utilization of resources, aligning with Heartfulness' mission and values.