Case Study: Claroty cuts Apache Kafka TCO by 72% with Aiven's Bring Your Own Cloud on AWS
Key results
The challenge
Claroty, a provider of cybersecurity for critical infrastructure, processes data from billions of devices in real time and had seen its Apache Kafka storage requirements grow 5-10% every quarter, driving up costs. Strict regulatory requirements meant it had to keep sensitive financial and medical data within its own infrastructure. The company launched an initiative to reduce data-infrastructure spending and improve cost efficiency.
The solution
Claroty adopted Aiven for Apache Kafka on AWS using Aiven's Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) model. Aiven Solution Architects right-sized and right-scaled the Kafka clusters, and the setup let Claroty use AWS credits, discounts, Savings Plans, Graviton instances and single-availability-zone communication.
“We reduced the TCO of running our Apache Kafka clusters by 72% which equates to a saving of millions of dollars each year.”
IKItay KirshenbaumChief Architect, Claroty
The results, in context
Claroty reported reducing the total cost of ownership of running its Apache Kafka clusters by 72%, which it says equates to a saving of millions of dollars each year. The BYOC on AWS model delivered a 50% saving in cloud infrastructure costs, and network costs are now near zero. Aiven-enabled use of Graviton instances unlocked AWS credits equating to a USD 100,000 saving.