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How Finsera Cut 60% Off Compute Costs in Months with Pump Save
60%
Reduction in compute costs
15%
Saved on Amazon RDS
$2,000+
Saved within the first few months
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Overview
"We were paying on-demand rates for services we ran every single day. Pump analyzed our RDS and ECS usage, moved us to the right savings plans, and we saw a 60% drop in compute costs almost immediately. It was completely hands-off for our team, which is exactly what we needed."
Patrick Murphy
DevOps Tech Lead
Finsera is a next-generation SaaS investment platform where institutional investors develop, test, and deploy systematic investment strategies. The San Francisco-based team runs its infrastructure on AWS, relying on Amazon RDS and Amazon ECS to power everything from data pipelines to live portfolio execution. As the platform scaled, keeping cloud costs under control became essential to protecting margins without pulling DevOps time away from product work.
Industry
Investment Management Software
Integrations
Location
San Francisco, CA
Pump services
Use Case 1
Turning Predictable Workloads into Predictable Savings
Pump Save analyzed Finsera's historical AWS spending and identified that their Amazon ECS usage was stable enough to justify long-term compute savings plans. Instead of asking Patrick's team to manually audit usage logs and model break-even points, the Pump team handled the analysis and transitioned Finsera from on-demand pricing to tailored compute savings plans. The result was a 60% reduction in compute costs, delivered without any manual optimization work from Finsera's side.
Use Case 2
Cutting Database Costs Without the Commitment Risk
Beyond compute, Pump Save identified that Finsera's Amazon RDS usage was similarly consistent. The Pump team acquired Reserved Instances for their database workloads, reducing RDS costs by 15%. For Patrick and the DevOps team, this removed the guesswork from a decision that typically requires spreadsheet modeling and finance sign-off. Pump took on the commitment, managed the risk, and Finsera collected the savings.
Use Case 3
Strengthening Security Posture Without Adding Headcount
Alongside the cost savings, the Pump team gave Finsera access to Pump Secure, which ran comprehensive scans across their AWS environment to identify vulnerabilities. Rather than just surfacing issues, the product provided actionable remediation guidance for each finding. For a lean team already stretched across infrastructure and product delivery, having a security layer that required zero setup and zero additional cost meant one fewer thing competing for Patrick's attention.
"We knew we were overpaying on AWS, but we didn't have the bandwidth to figure out exactly where. Pump broke it all down, handled the optimization, and we just watched the bill go down."
Patrick Murphy, Head of DevOps
Pump’s impact
Within months of connecting Pump, Finsera's compute costs dropped by 60% and RDS spend fell by 15%, translating to over $2,000 in savings with zero engineering effort required. The savings came from Pump Save identifying stable usage patterns and automatically shifting Finsera to the right commitment structures.
Beyond the immediate cost reduction, Pump changed how Finsera thinks about cloud spending. Instead of treating AWS costs as a fixed line item, Patrick and the DevOps team now have confidence that predictable workloads are matched to the right pricing, and that they are not leaving money on the table. Pump Secure added a proactive vulnerability scanning layer the team did not have before, strengthening their security posture alongside their cost posture.
As Finsera continues to grow and its workloads stabilize further, the savings are expected to compound. Patrick's team can stay focused on building the investment platform instead of auditing AWS bills.