Searce Empowers SmartPay to Cut Cloud Costs by 40% with Custom Billing Dashboard

Challenges

SmartPay, a leading Vietnamese payment gateway, sought to optimize their Google Cloud costs and resource allocation. However, they faced the following challenges:

  • Lack of visibility into resource usage: SmartPay struggled to understand their overall Google Cloud spending and pinpoint specific areas for cost optimization.
  • Inefficient resource allocation: The company's allocation was based on estimated usage, leading to potential overprovisioning and unnecessary costs.
Searce Solution

Our team of solvers leveraged their expertise and Google Cloud billing and data analytics to develop a customized billing dashboard tailored to SmartPay's specific needs. This dashboard provided SmartPay with detailed insights into resource utilization, cost breakdowns, and performance metrics, empowering them to make informed decisions about their cloud infrastructure.

Business Impact
  • Significant cost savings: SmartPay achieved a 40% reduction in their overall GCP costs by identifying and optimizing underutilized resources.
  • Optimized resource allocation: The dashboard enabled SmartPay to allocate resources more effectively, ensuring that they were only paying for what they needed.
  • Data-driven decision-making: The insights provided by the dashboard facilitated better decision making for SmartPay's cloud infrastructure and future investments.
  • Improved operational efficiency: The billing dashboard streamlined SmartPay's operations by providing a centralized view of their cloud costs and usage.

"The billing dashboard developed by Searce has been a transformative tool for our business. It has provided us with invaluable insights into our Google Cloud resource consumption, enabling us to optimize our usage and identify potential cost savings. We are delighted with the partnership and the results achieved."
Through their partnership with Searce, SmartPay successfully addressed their cloud cost challenges, achieving significant cost savings, optimizing resource allocation, and enhancing operational efficiency. The custom billing dashboard developed by Searce has become a critical component of SmartPay's cloud management strategy, providing the insights needed to make informed, data-driven decisions about their cloud infrastructure.

Huynh Huu Hien, Head of IT Operations at Smartpay.